Family: Hypericaceae Hypericum humifusum     *     Trailing St John's-wort Flowering time: June-September. Perennial Habitat: Open ground on acidic heaths, tracks and paths and in woodland clearings. Sometimes found on semi-acidic heavy clay. Red-tinged flower buds followed by small yellow flowers with unequal sepals and slightly longer petals. Oval leaves are opposite with translucent glands and small black glands on the leaf edges. A hairless plant with many prostrate or trailing stems.

Trailing St John's-wort, Hypericum humifusum
Corfe Hills, Dorset. September 2015