Hypericum androsaemum

Sweet amber

Family: Hypericaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Conservation status: Cal-IPC Yes

Sweet amber is a naturalized shrub found in the Berkeley Hills in shaded woodland at an elevation of 180 meters. Flowering in June, this plant produces yellow flowers with 6 to 10 millimeter obovate petals in clusters of 1 to 11 per stem. Growing as an evergreen shrub 30 to 70 centimeters tall with many erect, branching stems, it forms a dense and compact shape. Its leaves are sessile, 4 to 12 centimeters long, ovate with rounded or obtuse tips and densely gland-dotted margins. The fruit is broadly elliptic, 7 to 12 millimeters long, containing small red-brown seeds approximately 1 millimeter in size.

Habitat: Shaded woodland

Bloom period: Jun

Elevation: 180 m

Bioregions: SnFrB (Berkeley Hills)

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