Common St. John's wort / St. John's Wort / حشيشة القلب / عرن مثقوب / مُنْسِيَة /

perforate St. Johns-wort / St. John's wort / داذي رومي / عُصْبة القلب /

Hypericum perforatum L.

Edibility and usage

Edibility
Unknown
Blooming period
April to June
Foraging period
July
Seed collection period
July to September
Potential medicinal uses
  • Nervine
  • Vulnerary

Description

Perenniality
Perennial
Petal colour
  • Yellow
Leaf type
  • Entire
Life form
  • Hemicryptophyte
Foliage
Deciduous

Scientifc data

Genus
Hypericum L.
Family
Hypericaceae
Wikidata item
Q158289
GBIF Item
Hypericum perforatum L. (3189486)

References

  1. Hypericum perforatum L. in GBIF Secretariat (2021). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2022-11-28.
  2. Zohary, Michael. Flora Palaestina. Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, 1972.

Citation

Hypericum perforatum L. in Barari platform (2026). Barari Flora Taxonomy. https://barari.org/species/882 accessed via barari.org on 2/19/2026.

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