Hypericum perforatum L.

English: Common st johnswort

German: Echtes Johanniskraut, Tüpfel-Johanniskraut

Mandarin: 贯叶连翘 (guan ye lian qiao)

Portuguese: Erva-de-São-João, Milfurada

Kingdom: Plantae (2715)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)

      Order: Malpighiales (120)

        Family: Hypericaceae (9)(family description)

          Genus: Hypericum (9)

            Epithet: perforatum L. (1)

perforatum => pierced with holes

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: herb

Flower colour: yellow

Check for Hypericum perforatum at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [19] Hartheu - Deutschlands Flora in Abbildungen (1796)
• [276] Hypericum perforatum - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)
• [574] Hypericum perforatum - Plants For A Future database

• [30] Lippert,W., Podlech,D. (1994): Wild Flowers of Britain and Europe. HarperCollins, London, UK.
• [17] Rothmaler, W. (1995): Exkursionsflora von Deutschland, Band 3, Gefäßpflanzen: Atlasband. Gustav Fischer Verlag, Stuttgart, Germany.