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Hypericum acmosepalum Hypericum addingtonii Hypericum adenotrichum Hypericum aegypticum Hypericum anagalloides - bog St John's-wort, Tinker's penny Hypericum androsaemum - tutsan Hypericum annulatum Hypericum ascyron Hypericum athoum Hypericum atomarium Hypericum augustinii Hypericum balearicum Hypericum barbatum Hypericum beanii Hypericum bellum Hypericum buckleii Hypericum bupleuroides Hypericum calycinum - rose of Sharon Hypericum canariense Hypericum capitatum Hypericum cerastoides Hypericum choisianum Hypericum cistifolium Hypericum concinnum Hypericum confertum Hypericum cordifolium Hypericum coris Hypericum crenulatum Hypericum crux-andreae Hypericum curvisepalum Hypericum delphicum Hypericum densiflorum Hypericum dyeri Hypericum elegans Hypericum ellipticum Hypericum elodeoides Hypericum elodes Hypericum elongatum Hypericum empetrifolium Hypericum erectum Hypericum ericoides Hypericum fasciculatum Hypericum foliosum Hypericum formosum - Western St John's-wort, slender St John's-wort Hypericum forrestii Hypericum fragile Hypericum frondosum Hypericum galioides Hypericum gentianoides Hypericum glandulosum Hypericum gramineum Hypericum grandifolium Hypericum graveolens Hypericum henryi Hypericum hircinum Hypericum hirsutum - hairy St.John's-wort Hypericum hookerianum Hypericum humifusum - trailing St.John's-wort Hypericum hypericoides Hypericum hyssopifolium Hypericum japonicum Hypericum kalmianum Hypericum kelleri Hypericum kotschyanum Hypericum kouytchense Hypericum lagarocladum Hypericum lancasteri Hypericum lanuginosum Hypericum leschenaultii Hypericum linariifolium Hypericum linarioides Hypericum lobbii Hypericum lobocarpum Hypericum maclarenii Hypericum maculatum - imperforate St. John's-wort Hypericum majus Hypericum monogynum Hypericum montanum - pale St. John's-wort Hypericum montbretii Hypericum mutilum Hypericum nanum Hypericum nudiflorum Hypericum nummularium Hypericum oblongifolium Hypericum olympicum Hypericum orientale Hypericum origanifolium Hypericum pallens Hypericum patulum Hypericum perfoliatum Hypericum perforatum - St John's wort, perforate St.John's-wort, or goat weed Hypericum prolificum Hypericum pseudohenryi Hypericum pulchrum - slender St.John's Wort Hypericum punctatum Hypericum reflexum Hypericum reptans Hypericum reductum Hypericum revolutum Hypericum richeri Hypericum rumeliacum Hypericum sampsonii Hypericum scouleri Hypericum setosum Hypericum spruneri Hypericum stellatum Hypericum subsessile Hypericum tenuicaule Hypericum tetrapterum (syn. H. quadrangulum) - square stalked St. John's-wort Hypericum tomentosum Hypericum trichocaulon Hypericum triquetrifolium curled-leaved St. John's-wort Hypericum undulatum Hypericum uralum Hypericum vacciniifolium Hypericum wilsonii Hypericum xylosteifolium Hypericum yakusimense

Hypericum occurs as genus of about 400 coinage of flowering plants in the family Clusiaceae, formerly typically treated severally in their have personal a Hypericaceae. the genus has a about globe-wide distribution, missing exclusively from either tropical lowlands, deserts & arctic regions.

A coinage deviate from either microscopic annual or even perennial herbaceous plants 5-10 cm tall, to shrubs and small trees up to Twelve m tall. A leaves are opposite, elementary egg-shaped, One-8 cm hanker, either deciduous or even evergreen. A flowers vary from either either picket to dark yellowness, & from Nought.5-6 cm across, by owning five (seldom 4) flower petal. A fruit is usually a dry capsule which splits to release the many little seeds; in a bit of mintage these are overweight & berry-like.

Completely members of the genus can be known as "St. John's worts" or St.John's-worts, though it is as well usually good known as Hypericums; more list include Rose of Sharon & Common st john's wort. A bit of coinage come utilized when ornamentals & develop big, showy flowers.

Various Hypericum mintage come utilized when food plants per larva of the Treble-bar, a mintage of moth.

Cultivation and uses
Many hybrids and cultivars have been developed for apply when decorative garden plants in horticulture, such as Hypericum ten moserianum (H. calycinum 10 H. patulum) & Hypericum 'Hidcote', in the exposure, left. Hypericum perforatum is utilized around herbalism as an antidepressant. A select few mintage come nuisance weeds in farml& and gardens.
Synonymy
A genus has many equivalent word: Adenotrias Jaub. & Spach Androsaemum Duhamel Androsemum Link Ascyrum L. Ascyrum Mill. Lianthus N.Robson Olympia Spach Sanidophyllum Small Sarothra L. Takasagoya Y.Kimura Triadenia Spach

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Hypericum calycinum
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Hypericum crux-andreae
St. Peterswort.

Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
St. Andrew's cross.

Hypericum perforatum
Photo and profile of common St. Johnswort, with particular focus on its status as a noxious weed in parts of the U.S.

Hypericum perforatum
Description of Common St. Johnswort.
Health: Alternative: Herbs: Materia Medica: St. John's Wort






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