Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Forrest's Tutsan, Hypericum forrestii
Photographs: Co. Waterford

Forrest's Tutsan
Hypericum forrestii
Family: Hypericaceae

Flowering July - September. Semi-evergreen shrub. Introduced.

Golden-yellow flowers with many stamens. Opposite, light green, oval, semi-evergreen leaves. The young stems are reddish and older growth becomes woody. Height to 2m.

Found as an occasional garden escape or discard on walls, rough grassland and wasteground. Identified by Paul Green.

Similar: Hidcote Tutsan, Hypericum x hidcoteense,

Forrest's Tutsan, Hypericum forrestii

Forrest's Tutsan, Hypericum forrestii
Forrest's Tutsan, Hypericum forrestii

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