Tall Tutsan
Scientific name: Hypericum x inodorum Mill.
Diagnostic features
Erect ± deciduous glabrous shrub with much-branched 2-ridged stems to 2m, usually without unpleasant smell when bruised.
Flowers 1.5-3cm across.
Stamens slightly longer than petals.
Partially fertile.
Chromosome number: (2n=40).
Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; grown in gardens and mass-planted in parks and on roadsides (especially cultivar 'Elstead' for its red fruits); rarely naturalized in shady places.
Distribution
Very sparsely scattered throughout much of British Isles, especially in Southwest; probably spontaneous in Southwest Europe but not in British Isles.
This hybrid is keyed out on Page 3868 in the Text Key. |
