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St John's Wort
Hypericum perforatum
-37.9016, 145.308
Field Notes
Description:
Bright yellow 5-petaled flowers on a foot tall bush. Petal margins showed minute black dots (Pic 2). Leaves were ovate, pale green, stalkless and arranged opposite each other.
Habitat:
Growing wild in wetlands
Notes:
St John's wort was introduced to Australia in the 1800s as a house plant and since then has spread like a weed, replacing forage vegetation in some places. It is used in natural medicine to treat Depression. The plant is toxic to animals and has been fatal in some cases. A beetle was introduced to Australia to control this plant http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/239826162 <br>
Family: Hypericaceae
Reference Links:
Hypericum perforatum
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 20, 2014
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