Hypericum hirsutum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 264

14. H. hirsutum L. , Sp. Pl. 786 (1753).

Stems 35-110 cm, erect from creeping and rooting base, pubescent. Leaves (20-)25-55(-60) mm, oblong to elliptical or lanceolate, without apical gland, strigose-pubescent. Inflorescence cylindrical. Sepals black-glandular-denticulate or -ciliate. Petals sometimes red-veined. Anthers yellow. 2n= 18. Woods, riverbanks and roadsides. Most of Europe except the north-east and the extreme south. Al Au Be Br Bu Cz Da Fe Ga Ge Gr Hb He Ho Hs Hu It Ju No Po Rm Rs (B, C, W, K, E) Su.

H. confertum Choisy , Prodr. Monogr. Hyper. 55 (1821), from S.W. Asia, has once been recorded from Turkey-inEurope. It is like 14, but with much smaller leaves and fimbriate sepals.