Hypericaceae
Sweet-amber
Hypericum androsaemum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
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Common names
By language (24)
- Arabic
- داذي مخزني, رمان الأنهار / حشيشة الأسد
- Asturian
- Fueya castelar, Fueya la castellana, Fueya'l francu, Tabaculos
- Azerbaijani
- Boyaq dazı
- Bangla
- টুটসান
- Basque
- Orkatx arrunt
- Bulgarian
- Багрилна звъника
- Catalan
- Orval, Pericó de sureda
- Chinese
- 浆果金丝桃
- Czech
- Třezalka bobulovitá
- Danish
- Bær-Perikon
- Dutch
- Mansbloed
- English
- Sweet-amber, Shrubby St. John's wort, Tutsan
- French
- Millepertuis androsème, Herbe-à-tous-maux, Millepertuis androseme, Toute-bonne, Toute-saine
- Georgian
- Კორობელა
- German
- Blut-Johanniskraut, Blutjohanniskraut, Mannsblut
- Igbo
- Shrubby St. John's wort, Sweet-amber, Tutsan
- Irish
- Meas torc allta
- Macedonian
- Бојаџиски кантарион
- Persian
- متامتی
- Polish
- Dziurawiec barwierski
- Russian
- Зверобой красильный, Андроземум
- Slovak
- Ľubovník bobuľovitý
- Slovenian
- Jagodasta krčnica
- Welsh
- Dail y beiblau
Synonyms
- Androsaemum androsaemum (L.) Huth
- Androsaemum floridum Salisb.
- Androsaemum officinale All.
- Androsaemum vulgare Gaertn.
- Hypericum androsaemum var. dilatatum Merino
- Hypericum bacciferum Lam.
- Hypericum bacciforme Bubani
- Hypericum floridum Salisb.
- Hypericum webbianum G.Nicholson
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Penarc, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Franz Xaver, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Olivier Pichard, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Primejyothi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Juan Manuel Sánchez from Galdakao, Basque country, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rudolphous, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Hypericum
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- Spotted St. JohnswortHypericum maculatumHypericaceae
- Hairy St John's-wortHypericum hirsutumHypericaceae
- Trailing St. JohnswortHypericum humifusumHypericaceae
- Mountain St. John's WortHypericum montanumHypericaceae
- PeterwortHypericum tetrapterumHypericaceae
- Aaron's beardHypericum calycinumHypericaceae
- Slender St John's-wortHypericum pulchrumHypericaceae
- Goat St John's wortHypericum hircinumHypericaceae
- Goldencup St. John's wortHypericum patulumHypericaceae
- Hypericum triquetrifoliumHypericaceae
- Great St. JohnswortHypericum ascyronHypericaceae
Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.