Family |
Hypericaceae
Hypericum perforatum
L.
Hypericum perforatum L.
First published in Sp. Pl.: 785 (1753).
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 528, Pl. CCXXVIII, 4; 1970)
Description
Life-form & habit: Hairless green perennial with ascending or erect stems, 50–100 cm tall, bearing two raised ridges and numerous small leafy side shoots.
Leaves: Sessile and elliptic, often with rolled margins, densely dotted with translucent glands and scattered black dots along the edges.
Inflorescence & flowers: Broad, branching, nearly flat-topped flower clusters. Sepals are entire and pointed, without glands or dots, and about half as long as the corolla.
Fruit: Oblong-conical capsule with parallel glandular bands; seeds have small pits.
Flowering and habitat
Phenology: Flowering May–July.
Habitat & elevation: Woodland and pastures.
Distribution
Lebanese distribution: Beirut, Choueifat, Tripoli, Bikfaya, Ghazir, Ashqout, Douma, Ehden, Bazoun, Bcharre, Baskinta, Qadisha caves, the Cedars, Hadeth cedars, Jabal Qamoua, north of Ehden, Zahle, Said Neil and Kfertay.
Syrian distribution: Latakia, south of Latakia, Slenfe, west of Safita, Ain Halakim, Bhamra, Ain Haramiye, Froulok and Kessab.
Native range: Albania, Altay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Central European Russia, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Cyprus, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European Russia, Norway, NW. Balkan Pen., Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, Ukraine, West Siberia, Xinjiang.
Introduced into: Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Canary Is., Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Lesotho, Madeira, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Sakhalin, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.