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Great St-John's wort/Rose of Sharon
Hypericum calycinum
50.8028, 4.6544
Field Notes
Description:
Bushes with yellow flower. It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens.
Habitat:
Gardens.
Grown in Mediterranean climates, widely spread in the Strandja Mountains along the Bulgarian and Turkish Black Sea coast.
It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia.
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Hypericum calycinum
Species ID Suggestions
Hypericum calycinum
3
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedJune 12, 2011
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