Tutsan - Hypericum androsaemum
Description
Semi evergreen, hairless shrub to 70 cm. Stems with two raised lines. Leaves opposite, oval to oblong and unstalked. Flowers pale yellow, 18 to 22 mm in small terminal clusters.
Habitat
Often in damp or shaded habitats including deciduous woodland and hedgerows, often near to habitation.
When to see it
June to August.
Life History
Perennial.
UK Status
Occasional in Britain, and often as a garden escape, but native in some parts of Britain.
VC55 Status
Uncommon in Leicestershire and Rutland where it is usually found as a garden escape. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in 3 of the 617 tetrads.
Leicestershire & Rutland Map
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