Hypericaceae
Leaves opposite Hypericaceae
Fruit a capsule
Glabrous herbs or shrubs
Styles 3. Capsule 3-valved
Rather stout, erect perennial 30–90 cm high, with creeping rhizomes. Leaves elliptic or oblong, 1–2 cm long, with numerous translucent oil dots. Flowers rather numerous, c. 2 cm diam., in a broad terminal leafy panicle. Petals twice as long as the sepals, with black dots along the margin. Stamens 50–100, in 3 bundles. Capsule twice as long as the calyx, striate. Widespread. Weed of pastures and waste places. Introd. from Europe and W. Asia. Fl. summer. St John’s Wort Hypericum perforatum
Slender perennials with erect ascending or weak procumbent stems. Flowers few, in a terminal cyme or sometimes solitary. Stamens 20–50. Capsule smooth