Common name:
Trailing st john's-wort
Family:
Scientific name:
Hypericum humifusum
Main flower color:
Range:
Most parts of the UK; commonest in the west
Height:
A few cm - a creeper, growing along the ground
Habitat:
Moors, heaths, open woodland, sandy places; often on acidic soils
Flowers:
Around 1 cm across; five ovate petals, sparsely lined with dark, stalked glands. Up to 1.5 cm long. Sepals are slightly shorter, and may also have a few marginal glands. Two of the sepals are shorter and narrower than the other three
Leaves:
Opposite, hairless, ovate, with translucent dots. On stems that are round in cross-section, sometimes with two lengthwise ridges
Season:
June to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
