Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Hypericum japonicum
Common name
Matted St John's wort
Family
Hypericaceae
Where found
Moist places in forest, woodland, and grassy areas; and gullies and swamps. Widespread.
Notes
Prostrate or sprawling perennial herb to 0.15 m high, rarely more, rooting at the nodes, often forming mats. Stems fleshy, 4-ridged. Leaves opposite each other, frequently clustered, 0.2–2 cm long, 2-5 mm wide, hardly or not stem-clasping, margins flat or wavy. Flowers yellow to orange, often with greenish yellow centres, 3–8 mm in diameter, with 5 petals. Flowers in clusters of 1–3 flowers. Flowering: spring-autumn.
Family was Clusiaceae.
All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Hypericum~japonicum (accessed 19 January, 2021)
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