Hypericum lalandii Choisy

Erect perennial herb, occassionally annual, up to 70 cm tall, ocurring in wet grassland and swampy places. Stems quadrangular without dark glands. Leaves lanceolate, sessile, clasping around the lower stems, margin recurved. Flowers terminal, solitary or in lax heads, yellow to pale orange with red markings, the petals rolling up in the heat of the day. Fruit a small capsule.

Frequent

Tropical and S Africa, Madagascar, also Bhutan and Yunnan