English: Stinking tutsan.
Region: Mediterranean, France, Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Saudi Arabia; naturalized in Britain.
Content: caproic acid.
TaxonomyHypericum hircinum is in the Hypericum section Androsaemum.
BotanyShrub; 2 meters tall; branching base with grey-brown bark.
Leaves: goat-like scent when crushed.