Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Rose-of-Sharon, Hypericum calycinum, Lus buí Mhanannáin
Photographs: Co. Cork

Rose-of-Sharon
Hypericum calycinum
Lus buí Mhanannáin
Family: Hypericaceae

Flowering June - September. Evergreen shrub. Introduced.

Golden-yellow flowers with many prominent stamens. Insect pollinated hermaphrodite flowers but seed-set is poor as plants are self-incompatitable. Evergreen leaves. Vigorous growth, mainly spreads vegetatively. Height to 50cm.

An established garden escape, discard or relic of cultivation in demesnes, woodland and on shady banks, roadsides, waste ground and dunes.

Rose-of-Sharon, Hypericum calycinum, Lus buí Mhanannáin

Rose-of-Sharon, Hypericum calycinum, Lus buí Mhanannáin
Rose-of-Sharon, Hypericum calycinum, Lus buí Mhanannáin

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