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Scientific name:

Hypericum forrestii

Vernacular name:

Tutsan, Forrest's


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Forrest's Tutsan

Scientific name: Hypericum forrestii (Chitt.) N. Robson

Diagnostic features
Erect semi-evergreen glabrous shrub with much-branched ± terete stems to 1.5m.
Flowers 3.5-6cm across.

Chromosome number: (2n=36, 38).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; garden escape in rocky or shady places.

Distribution
Scattered in Britain North to Kirkcudbrights; China.

This species is keyed out on Page 3865 in the Text Key.

Hypericum forrestii
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