Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.23.16
Hypericum hircinum
English: Stinking tutsan.
Region: Mediterranean, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in Britain.
Content: caproic acid.
Taxonomy
Hypericum hircinum is in the Hypericum section Androsaemum.
Botany
Shrub; 2 meters tall; branching base with grey-brown bark.
Leaves: goat-like scent when crushed.
