Hypericaceae
Leaves opposite Hypericaceae
Fruit a capsule
Glabrous herbs or shrubs
Styles 3. Capsule 3-valved
Slender perennials with erect ascending or weak procumbent stems. Flowers few, in a terminal cyme or sometimes solitary. Stamens 20–50. Capsule smooth
Leaves cordate, ± stem-clasping, lanceolate to linear, 6–15 mm long. Prostrate to decumbent herb. Widespread. Open communities. Fl. summer Hypericum gramineum
Leaves obtuse or ± cordate at the base, shortly petiolate, not stem-clasping, 6–20 mm long. Erect herb. Widespread. Open communities. Fl. summer Hypericum japonicum