Wildflowers of the Stuttgart Area
Hypericum perforatum
| Family : | HYPERICACEAE (St. John's Wort Family) |
| Common Name (UK) : | Perforate St. John's Wort |
| Common Name (DE) : | Johanniskraut |
| Common Name (FR) : | Millepertuis perforé |
| Habitat : | Grasslands, Hedges, Open woods |
| Remarks : | Used in herbal medicine to treat pulmonary complaints, bladder troubles, in suppression of urine, dysentery, worms, diarrhoea, hysteria and nervous depression, haemoptysis and other haemorrhages and jaundice. The leaves of Hypericum perforatum, when held to the light, reveal translucent dots, giving the impression that the leaf is perforated. The dots are not holes in the leaf, but a layer of colorless essential plant oils and resin. |
| First appearing : | June |
| Abundance : | Abundant |
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