COMMON ST.JOHNSWORT 



Hype'ricum perfora'tum 



W99 

 (2 leaves) 



Flowers yellow, % to 1 in. across, 

 several to many in a round-topped end 

 cluster (cyme), central flower of cluster 

 blooming first 



Stamens numerous, about. as long as 

 petals, in 3 to 5 clusters by union of the' 

 stalks, withering-persistent 



Petals 5, not united, with black-gland- 

 dotted margins, withering-persistent 



Outer flower parts (sepals) 5, green, 

 narrowly lance-shaped, snorter than 

 petals 



Leaves opposite, oblong to linear, K 

 "o 1 in. long, stalkless, gland-dotted, 

 rith black-gland-dotted, inrolled edges 



Stems erect, 1 to 5 ft. high, some- 

 what clustered, short-branched, woody 

 at base, herbaceous and flattened above, 

 with numerous, small, flowerless (ster- 

 ile) shoots from the base 



Seed pod (capsule) egg-shaped, 3- 

 celled but not 3-lobed, glandular, 

 tipped by 3 spreading stalks (styles) 



Taproot woody, perennial, thickened' 

 and with numerous, horizontal branches 

 near surface giving rise to new stems 



