~~St. John’s Wort can be visually recognised by leaf and flower type. Yellow, five petalled flowers approximately 20mm across occur between October to January (Late Spring/Early Summer - Southern Hemisphere). Leaves exhibit obvious translucent dots when held up to the light, giving them a ‘perforated’ appearance, thus attending to the Latin ‘perforatum’. When flowers or seed pods are crushed, a reddish/purple liquid is produced.
used alone refers to the species Hypericum perforatum, also known as Klamath weed or Goat weed, but is used with qualifiers to refer to any species of the genus Hypericum. H. perforatum is sometimes called Common St. John’s wort to distinguish it. The species of Hypericum have been placed by some in the family Hypericaceae, but more recently have been included in the Clusiaceae. Approximately 370 species of the genus Hypericum exist worldwide with a native geographical distribution including temperate and subtropical regions of North America, Europe, Asia Minor, the former Soviet Union, India and China.
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~~St. John’s Wort can be visually recognised by leaf and flower type. Yellow, five petalled flowers approximately 20mm across occur between October to January (Late Spring/Early Summer - Southern Hemisphere). Leaves exhibit obvious translucent dots when held up to the light, giving them a ‘perforated’ appearance, thus attending to the Latin ‘perforatum’. When flowers or seed pods are crushed, a reddish/purple liquid is produced.
used alone refers to the species Hypericum perforatum, also known as Klamath weed or Goat weed, but is used with qualifiers to refer to any species of the genus Hypericum. H. perforatum is sometimes called Common St. John’s wort to distinguish it. The species of Hypericum have been placed by some in the family Hypericaceae, but more recently have been included in the Clusiaceae. Approximately 370 species of the genus Hypericum exist worldwide with a native geographical distribution including temperate and subtropical regions of North America, Europe, Asia Minor, the former Soviet Union, India and China.
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