About
Trailing St John's-wort is a low, hairless perennial of heaths and dry banks in Western Europe.
Field notes
Morphology
Thin trailing stems with two raised lines carry pairs of pale green oval leaves with tiny translucent glands and black edge dots. Flowers about 1 cm across grow from leaf axils, with unequal sepals and five yellow petals barely longer than them.
Distribution & habitat
Heaths, dry banks, track edges and light woodland in Western Europe and throughout the British Isles.
Ecology
Flowers May to September.
Habitat
- Altitude
- Not recorded
- Altitude class
- —
- Native to
- United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, France
Cultivation
- Difficulty
- Not recorded
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