Hypericum Elodes-most rare

So would you classify the plant itself a succulent?

 

& When I see Hypericum I think of Hyperion which I guess matches up with the breakdown you gave!

So would you classify the plant itself a succulent?

 

& When I see Hypericum I think of Hyperion which I guess matches up with the breakdown you gave!

 

I thought it was an unusual marshland succulent-but with a "transplanted " flower which I recognised-in this form ,(for which I am struggling to give much additional data ). it is confined to bogs and coastal marshes on acid soil, only in a few locations in the west of England .Phillips (1977-Wild Flowers of Britain ) says that it is not a succulent I will watch hypericin development with interest to see if the "stigmata" show on this much heavier leafed plant.Madame Pertinax will issue an edict and all will be resolved, her Linnaean knowledge is excellent.

 

I thought it was some sort of Stonecrop (Sedum) and introduced non-native.We also have H humifusum the trailing woodland variant.

 

I suspect that some hypericum wil be home brew bound this year.

 

Hypericum is a particular favourite of the Norse brewers, today favoured mostly in Norway.

I had no clue that any form of St. Johns Wort was useful for burns...I knew of lavendar and caledula...

I had no clue that any form of St. Johns Wort was useful for burns...I knew of lavendar and caledula...

 

yes indeed, the Romans always considered it a digestive/urinary tonic (primarily) but it seems that a use for wounds was not unknown. It is also very good for severe spine pain (in relation to severe nerve pain) though not for other limbs.

 

Time magazine ran an article on Hypericum many years ago showing its clinical performance versus prozac/ritalin, I regret to say someone "borrowed" my copy-if anyone finds it please tell me the date! I suspect that article to be perhaps 10 yeras old.

 

nb:Pantagathus -Madame Pertinax says a definite nix to being a succulent.