St John's wort
ഹൈപെരികം പെർഫൊറാറ്റം
Hypericum perforatum L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 61 cm
- wide
- 42 cm
Hypericaceae
When it flowers
JFMAMJJASOND
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNC State Extension lists it as toxic to dogs, cats and horses (28 Oct 2026)
PeopleNC State Extension lists it as poisonous (leaves, sap) (25 Oct 2026)
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to China, NW. AfricaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 30 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 23 cm to 61 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -40 °C (USDA zone 3a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Spanish
- perico, periquito, corazoncillo
- Simplified Chinese
- 夜关门
- Catalan
- Pericó, Corassonillo, Diablot
- Walloon
- Meytrô
- German
- Elfenblut
- Persian
- گل راعی, چای کوهی, علف چای
- Irish
- Beathnua
- Armenian
- Սրոհունդ
- Italian
- Iperico
- Turkish
- Binbirdelik otu
- Arabic
- St John's Wort, عرن مثقوب, نبتة سانت جونز
- Azerbaijani
- Adi dazı
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-26, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 3D model: Hypericum perforatum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.