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Glabrous herbs or shrubs

Styles 5. Capsule 5-valved, red; 10–15 mm long. Leaves ovate, 15–35 mm long. Flowers few in cymes, or solitary; up to 5cm diam.. Stamens in 5 bundles when united. Shrub to 1 m high; branches becoming decumbent. Disturbed areas. Blue Mts Introd. from Europe. Fl. . summer Hypericum kouytchense