St John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Growth conditions
USDA Hardiness zone	3-7 Learn more
Light requirement	Full sun, Partial sun/shade
Water requirement	Moist
Soil type	Light (sandy), Medium, Heavy (clay)
Physical characteristics
Height	0.9
Cultivation details
Life cycle	Perennial
1000 Seed Weight (g)	0.2
Uses
Utility	Dye, Tannin, Fragrance
Edible uses	Tea
Warning	Weed potential
Names
Alternate name	Common st johnswort
Taxonomy
Family	Hypericaceae
Origin and spread
Native to	Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Altay, Austria, Azores, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Krasnoyarsk, Kriti, Krym, Lebanon-Syria, Madeira, Morocco, Netherlands, North Caucasus, Northwest European R, Norway, Pakistan, Palestine, Poland, Portugal, Qinghai, Romania, Sardegna, Saudi Arabia, Sicilia, South European Russi, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, West Himalaya, West Siberia, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia
Introduced into	Alabama, Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Arkansas, Brazil Southeast, British Columbia, Buryatiya, California, Cape Provinces, Chile South, Colorado, Connecticut, Cuba, Delaware, District of Columbia, Haiti, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Irkutsk, Japan, Juan Fernández Is., Kansas, Kentucky, Korea, Lesotho, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New South Wales, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Réunion, South Australia, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tasmania, Tennessee, Texas, Uruguay, Vermont, Victoria, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Western Australia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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