Hypericum perforatum L.
(Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
GenusHypericum (St John’s worts)
FamilyHYPERICACEAE (St John’s-worts)
OrderMALPIGHIALES (poplars, willows, St John’s worts, spurges and violets)
SubclassEU-DICOTS (dicotyledonous flowering plants)
ClassMAGNOLIOPSIDA (flowering plants)
PhylumTRACHEOPHYTA (vascular plants)
KingdomPLANTAE (plants)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort) :
1: Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
4 Jul 1998 OSGR: SU56 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Image 1: FlowerImage 2: Flower (2)Image 3: Flower budsImage 4: Flower - closeupImage 5: Flowering plantImage 6: Flowering plant (2)Image 7: FlowersImage 8: Flower - side viewImage 9: Flower - undersideImage 10: Flower - underside (2)Image 11: Flower - underside - closeupImage 12: LeavesImage 13: Stem internode showing raised line
2: Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
17 Jul 1971 OSGR: TQ21 50° 50’ N, 0° 10’ W Vice County: East Sussex (VC 14) England

specimen with a few branches

Image 1: Plant
3: Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
29 Jul 1970 OSGR: TQ15 51° 20’ N, 0° 20’ W Vice County: Surrey (VC 17) England

specimen with a few branches

Image 1: PlantImage 2: Flower - side view - enlarged
4: Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
OSGR: ZZ00 44° 40’ N, 10° 40’ E United Kingdom
seeds (from commercial supplier)
Image 1: SeedsImage 2: Seeds (2)

Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 22 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Hypericum perforatum (Perforate St John’s-wort, Common St John’s-wort)
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