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Great St-John's wort/Rose of Sharon

Hypericum calycinum

Description:

Bushes with yellow flower. It is a low, creeping, woody shrub to about 1 m tall and 1–2 m wide but often smaller. The green, ovate leaves grow in opposite pairs. The solitary flowers are 3–5 cm in diameter, a rich yellow, with five petals and numerous yellow stamens.

Habitat:

Gardens. Grown in Mediterranean climates, widely spread in the Strandja Mountains along the Bulgarian and Turkish Black Sea coast. It is indigenous to southeast Europe and southwest Asia.

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lori.tas
lori.tas 12 years ago
Hypericum calycinum Hypericum calycinum


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3 Comments

Gina9210
Gina9210 12 years ago

It really is the same! Wow!Thank you.

The MnMs
The MnMs 12 years ago

Sorry guys, I did not see it until today :-)
Thanks, Lori!

HemantKumar
HemantKumar 12 years ago

plz update it

The MnMs
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The MnMs

Oud-Heverlee, Vlaanderen, Belgium

Spotted on Jun 12, 2011
Submitted on Jun 12, 2011

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