Small St John's Wort - native (Hypericum gramineum )
and Matted St John's Wort - native (H. japonicum)

Family: Hypericaceae (St John's Wort Family).

Small St John's Wort is a native of Australia. Matted St John's Wort is native to Australia and eastern Asia.

Occurrence: Small St John’s Wort is widespread and moderately common. Matted St John's Wort is uncommon.

Identification of Small St. John's Wort:

• Small St John's Wort is an erect plant and up to a 30cm in height
• the narrow leaves are paired and the edges curl downwards. The upper leaves are stalkless
• the flowers are a golden yellow and have numerous conspicuous yellow stamens
• the leaves do not have oil dots.

Matted St John's Wort (Hypericum japonicum can be recognised by its tufted, spreading habit and its wider (egg-shaped) leaves. It has been recorded for Mt Alexander.

St John's Wort (*Hypericum perforatum) is a larger plant, usually much branched, and with numerous oil-dots in the leaves.