Hypericum densiflorum Very Rare starry white flowers

starry white flowers

In spring and early summer

so a female needs a male nearby to set the crop of fruit that follows

In China the same rhizome carries a long medicinal history under the name chuan she gan

Hypericum densiflorum Very Rare starry white flowersHypericum densiflorum earns the name densiflorum, densely flowered, in high summer, when the twiggy shrub disappears under rounded clusters of small golden flowers, each one a starburst of fine stamens above five clean yellow petals. Bees work the blooms from July into September, and as the show fades the narrow dark green leaves turn a warm yellow, giving way in winter to reddish, lightly peeling bark on the older stems. The common name reaches back