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Common St. John's Wort
Common St. John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate grassland
Range
Europe and Asia
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Toxins
Status
Common

About

Common St. John's Wort is a shrubby perennial herb bearing clusters of bright yellow five-petaled flowers, each petal edged with tiny black dots. Its leaves are dotted with translucent oil glands that look like perforations when held up to light — the origin of its species name *perforatum*.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Malpighiales
Family
Hypericaceae
Genus
Hypericum
Species
Hypericum perforatum