Tutsan St. Johnsort or Sweet Amber St. Johnswort

Hypericum androsaemum

Hypericaceae (St. Johnswort Family) or Clusiaceae

▲▼ shrubs in front of Strong Hall entrance on east side

▲▼ shrub in Xeriscape Garden

▲▼ foliage, fruit and flower

▲▼ flower

▲▼ flower

▲▼ purplish new growth on some cultivars "Alchemy"

Location on  or near campus:  along sidewalk between Foster Recreation Center and Blair Shannon

Hypericum androsaemum:  Tutsan or Sweet Amber  St. Johnswort

·         leaves deciduous to semi-evergreen, opposite, simple, ovate with entire margins; leaves dark blue-green  to purplish-green; 2-5inches long and 1/3 to ½  as wide; cultivar 'Albury Purple' has more purplish leaves

·         stems brown to reddish brown, somewhat 4-angled, usually spreading or ascending, not stiffly upright

·         flowers bright yellow with many petals and stamens, about 1 inch wide, often solitary (sometimes in small cluster) at tips of stems in summer through fall

·         low mounded growth habit, about 1-2 feet tall and equally wide or wider

·         likes full sun to part shade and dry, rocky soils; does better in cooler climates than southwest Missouri

·         medium to fast growth rate