Scientific name: Hypericum maculatum Crantz
Common name: Imperforate St. John's-wort
Description
Habit: A hairless perennial, to 60 cm high
Stems: Erect, with 2- or 4-raised lines; with rhizomes.
Leaves: Opposite, stalkless, without stipules, 12-30 mm long, entire, oval, with few translucent glands or none, usually with black glands near the leaf margin.
Flowers: Yellow, actinomorphic, hermaphrodite, 15-25 mm across, in terminal cymes; sepals 5, free; petals 5, free, much longer than stamens and with black glands near margin; stamens in 3 (rarely 5) bundles; styles 3, shorter than ovary; ovary superior.
Fruits: A capsule, succulent and berry-like, seeds numerous.
Habitat: Roadsides, hedges, scrub and grassland.
Distribution: Frequent on limestone, rare elsewhere.
Native status: Native
Of conservation interest: No