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Hypericum sect. Hypericum
Hypericum
Hypericum /ˌhaɪˈpiːrɪkəm/ is a genus of flowering plants in the family Hypericaceae (formerly considered a subfamily of Clusiaceae). The genus has a nearly worldwide distribution, missing only from tropical lowlands, deserts and polar regions. Many Hypericum species are regarded as invasive species and noxious weeds. All members of the genus may be referred to as St. John's wort, and some are known as goatweed. The white or pink flowered marsh St. John's worts of North America
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Commentaries on the Six Books of Pedanius Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1565 · p.1108
Ortus sanitatis
1491 · p.492
The Great Herbary with all the figures of the herbs
1532 · p.164
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1542 · p.865
Book of Herbs
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1546 · p.92
Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants
Leonhart Fuchs · 1549 · p.863
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.145
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.144
On the Names of Plants
Hieronymus Bock (Tragus) · 1552 · p.146
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1560 · p.636
Commentaries on the Six Books of Dioscorides on Medical Matter
Pietro Andrea Mattioli · 1563 · p.581
Discourses on the Six Books of Dioscorides
Dioscorides; Pietro Andrea Mattioli (comm.) · 1568 · p.1168
In the stacks
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Every page naming Hypericum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1503792.