Hypericum hirsutum

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Hypericum hirsutum

Family: (Hypericaceae)

(P) to 3′.  Hairy St. John’s Wort.  Found in parts of Europe, the Middle East and Asia, this downy plant has erect stems and opposite pairs of un-toothed, elongated oval leaves with translucent glandular dots.  The loose cylindrical to narrowly pyramidal inflorescence has many pale yellow flowers of five pointed sepals with interesting black glands along the margins.  The five petals are narrowly elliptic with translucent glands and sometimes veined red.  The many long, showy stamens are in bundles and fused at the base, surrounding the green pistil of three fused carpels.  The fruit is a many-seeded, three-part capsule that appears at the same time as flowers.  Grows happily on our Rock Ledge in full sun and well-drained soil.  3 & T1