Hypericum pulchrum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 264

16. H. pulchrum L. , Sp. Pl. 786 (1753).

Stems (3-)10-90 cm, erect or ascending, glabrous. Leaves on main stem 6-20 mm, broadly ovate to oblong, cordate-amplexicaul, without apical gland, glabrous, with scarcely deflexed margin; leaves on axillary shoots smaller, oblong, petiolate. Inflorescence narrowly pyramidal or narrowly cylindrical. Sepals with marginal black glands sessile or shortly stalked. Petals red-tinged. Anthers orange to reddish-pink. 2n = 18. Woods andheaths, usually on acid soil. • N. W. Europe, extending locally to S. W. Poland, Switzerland and C. Portugal, and possibly to N. W. Jugoslavia and S.E. Italy.?Au Be Br Cz Da Fa Ga Ge Hb He Ho Hs It?Ju Lu No Po Su.

Dwarf, few-flowered plants ( f. procumbens Rostrup ) occur in exposed places in extreme N.W. Europe. This variant is said to breed true, but a complete series of intermediates links it with the typical plant.