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Saint John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum
Also known as St John's wort (EN) klamath weed (EN) common St Johnswort (EN) hipericon (EN) hierba de San Juan (EN) herbe a mille trous (EN) millepertuis perfore (EN) hipericao (EN) milfurada (EN) Tüpfel-Johanniskraut (EN) Tüpfel-Hartheu (EN) Johanniskraut (EN) erba di San Giovanni (EN) iperico perforato (EN) Sint janskruid (EN) Johannesoert (EN) johanneskruid (EN) balsana (EN) Hyperici herba (EN)
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Lifespan

Annual living and reproducing in a single year or less

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Ecological requirements

Data from the FAO EcoCrop database for Hypericum perforatum L.

Family / Taxonomy Magnoliopsida
Dilleniidae
Guttiferales
Guttiferae
Life form herb
Life span annual
Habit erect

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) ECOCROP, the crop ecological requirements database. Version 1. https://data.apps.fao.org/catalog/dataset/ecocrop. Accessed through the CGIAR Climate Action Data Hub, https://cgiar-climate-data-hub.github.io/catalog/ecocrop_1/.

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