Hypericum japonica is an annual, 15-40cm in height herb
found in paddies, paths, or ridges between rice fields, wetlands in
the areas, etc. Stems, four ridged, are slim but robust, erect or
falling, branching, then getting up until making acute angles with
perpendicular lines. Leaves are bluish-green, have a thin texture,
triangular in a broad ovate way or oblong, rising diagonally upward,
bases being orbicular, generally embracing the stems. Flowers,
yellow,1-30 in number, each 6-8mm across, set themselves in cymose
inflorescences. Bloom time: July-August. |