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Trailing St John's-wort, Hypericum humifusum, Beathnua sraoilleach
Photographs: Ballingeary, Co. Cork

Trailing St. John's-wort
Hypericum humifusum
Beathnua sraoilleach
Family: Hypericaceae

Flowering time: June-September. Perennial. Native.

Red-tinged flower buds followed by small yellow flowers with petals slightly longer than the sepals. The opposite leaves are Oval-elliptic with translucent glands and black glands on the leaf edges. A hairless plant with many prostrate or trailing stems that are 2-ridged and branched. Spread: 10-20 cm.

Prefers open ground on acidic heaths, open woodland, tracks and paths.

Trailing St John's-wort, Hypericum humifusum, Beathnua sraoilleach

Trailing St John's-wort, Hypericum humifusum, Beathnua sraoilleach
Trailing St John's-wort, Hypericum humifusum, Beathnua sraoilleach

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