Hypericum japonicum

Hypericum japonicum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Section: H. sect. Trigynobrathys
Species:
H. japonicum
Binomial name
Hypericum japonicum
Thunb. 1784
Synonyms
  • Brathys japonica (Thunb. ex Murray) Wight
  • H. chinense Osbeck
  • H. jeongjocksanense S.J.Park & K.J.Kim
  • H. mutilum sensu Maxim.
  • Sarothra japonica (Thunb.) Y. Kimura

Hypericum japonicum, known as matted St. John's-wort, is an annual herbaceous flowering plant in the St. John's wort family Hypericaceae, in Hypericum sect. Trigynobrathys.