Hypericum perforatum L., 1753

Common names

• 🇬🇧 Perforate St John’s-wort
• 🇫🇷 Millepertuis perforé, Herbe de la Saint-Jean

Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Fabids
• Order: Malpighiales
• Family: Hypericaceae
• Tribe: Hypericeae
• Genus: Hypericum
• Species: Hypericum perforatum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• H. perforatum subsp. chinense N.Robson, 2002;
• H. perforatum subsp. latifolium (Koch) Fröhlich, 1911;
• H. perforatum subsp. perforatum L., 1753, P;
• H. perforatum subsp. songaricum (Ledeb. ex Rchb.) N.Robson, 2002.

Hybridizes with:

• H. maculatum subsp. obtusiusculum (Tourlet) Hayek, 1912 to produce H. × desetangsii nothosubsp. desetangsii Lamotte, 1874, P;
• H. tetrapterum Fr., 1823 to produce H. × medium Peterm., 1838, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Khela, S. (2012). Hypericum perforatum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/203231/2762472

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 788). Biotope.