Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum, Meas torc allta
Photographs: Co. Cork

Tutsan
Hypericum androsaemum
Meas torc allta
Family: Hypericaceae

Flowering time: June-August. Deciduous. Native.

Yellow flowers are followed by non-edible berries that ripen to black. The opposite pairs of oval stalk-less leaves are slightly aromatic when bruised. Stems woody at base, two raised ridges and often red-tinged. To 70cm

Common in hedgerows, woodland and on limestone pavements.

Similar: Stinking Tutsan, H. hircinum has a strong, goat-like smell when crushed. Occasional, scattered distribution. Introduced.

Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum, Meas torc allta

Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum, Meas torc allta
Tutsan, Hypericum androsaemum, Meas torc allta

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