Trailing St John's Wort

[jhewitt15]

I have found a patch of trailing st johns wort at the bottom of my garden today. There was 1 yellow flower but now its gone. I looked again and there were buds forming so it should open soon. I checked the book and it said trailing sjw is a southern species.

I am up north! Is this a recorded sighting?

[Peter W]

You look at the national distribution by entering Hypericum humifusum into the BSBI's map scheme page:

BSBI Maps Scheme: Main Menu

- it shows a good distribution all the way up to John O'Groats!

Peter

[aeshna5]

Originally Posted by jhewitt15

I have found a patch of trailing st johns wort at the bottom of my garden today. There was 1 yellow flower but now its gone. I looked again and there were buds forming so it should open soon. I checked the book and it said trailing sjw is a southern species.

I am up north! Is this a recorded sighting?

It's found through most of UK; only absent from most northern parts of Scotland. It prefers acid soils + tends to be more common towards the west, but is widespread in distribution.

[PeterJL]

It's a weed in our garden (acid Cheshire sandstone) along with Ceratocapnos claviculata.

[jhewitt15]

its flowering now. its a nice little plant. I consider it a proper flower not a weed.

[earthdragon64]

I've seen some locally in a couple of sites near Aviemore, so definitely not southern!

[leifus]

well im in the south and ive never seen it