Hypericum pulchrum is most easily recognized by its red/orange buds; other characteristics are the hairless leaves, blunt sepals, and round stem.
Common name:
Slender st john's-wort
Family:
Scientific name:
Hypericum pulchrum
Main flower color:
Range:
All across the UK
Height:
Up to 60 cm
Habitat:
Dry grassland, heaths, open woodland
Flowers:
Five spreading to recurved yellow petals, with dark dots along the margins, reddish below and orange-red in bud, and five blunt, oval, equal-length sepals, also dotted along he edges. Flowers form in forked clusters at the top of the slender, hairless stems, which are round in cross-section
Leaves:
Opposite, ovate (widest near the base), hairless, with a midvein, only faint side veins, and translucent dots on the surface. Rounded at the tip and cordate at the base
Season:
July to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
