Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Hypericaceae (St. John's Wort family)
Genus: Hypericum (St. John's Wort)
Hypericum perforatum L. - Perforate St John's-Wort
Hypericum maculatum Crantz - Imperforate St John's-Wort
Hypericum dubium Leers - Spotted St John's-Wort
Hypericum majus (A. Gray) Britton - Large St John's-Wort
Hypericum tetrapterum Fr. - Square-Stalked St John's-Wort
Hypericum humifusum L. - Trailing St John's-Wort
Hypericum pulchrum L. - Slender St John's-Wort
Hypericum elegans Willd. - Graceful St John's-Wort
Hypericum montanum L. - Pale St John's-Wort
Hypericum hirsutum L. - Hairy St John's-Wort
Hypericum elodes L. - Marsh St John's-Wort
10–30 cm tall. <span class="v1">flowers:</span> yellowish. <span class="v1">petals:</span> distinctly longer than the sepals. <span class="v1">sepals:</span> <ba><b>with stalked red glands at the margin</b></ba>. <span class="v1">fruits:</span> capsules, ...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
riparian vegetation, mudflat vegetation, reedbeds, bogs, sedge-lands
in nutrient-poor, acidic, moist to wet, periodically flooded habitats