Niall Benvie / Photograph of Hairy St John's wort (Hypericum hirsutum) manipulated and text added to represent illustrated book page. Scotland, UK, July

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum) flower and fruit, Burren National Park, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Laurie Campbell / Slender St John's-wort (Hypericum pulchrum)flowers in rain, Beinn Eighe National Nature Reserve, Wester Ross, Scotland, July

Nick Upton / Narcissus bulb fly / Large narcissus fly (Merodon equestris var. flavicans), resting on St. John's wort flower (Hypericum), Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Perforate / Common St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) flowers low angle close up view, chalk grassland meadow. Wiltshire, UK, June.

MYN / Marko Masterl / St John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) in flower, Slovenia, Europe, July. meetyourneighbours.net project

Michael & Patricia Fogden / St. John's-wort (Clusiaceae) fruit, one of them open exposing seeds covered by arils, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Guy Edwardes / 2020VISION / Small heath butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus) on St. John's wort (Hypericum sp) at dawn, Powerstock Common DWT reserve, Dorset, UK, June

Colin Varndell / Marsh St. John's Wort (Hypericum) in flower. Studland Heath, Dorset, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) guarding her silk nest of spiderlings on a St John's Wort (Hypericum) bush. Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) guarding her silk nest of spiderlings on a St John's Wort (Hypericum) bush. Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Nursery web spiderlings (Pisaura mirabilis) in silk tent nest on St John's Wort (Hypericum) bush. Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Nursery web spiderlings (Pisaura mirabilis) in silk tent nest on St John's Wort (Hypericum) bush. Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) guarding her silken nest of spiderlings on a St John's Wort (Hypericum) bush. Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Female Nursery web spider (Pisaura mirabilis) guarding her silken nest of spiderlings on a St John's Wort (Hypericum) bush. Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Nick Upton / Muscid fly (Morellia sp) sunning in flowerhead of St. John's wort (Hypericum sp.) Wiltshire, UK, June.

Nick Upton / Conopid / Thick-headed fly (Sicus ferrugineus) a parasite of bumblebees, resting on St. John's wort flower (Hypericum sp.). Wiltshire garden, UK, July.

Wild Wonders of Europe / Hermansen / Tutsan (Hypericum androsaemum) fruit, Burren National Park, County Clare, Republic of Ireland, June 2009

Tim Laman / {Hypericum sp} flowers visited by a Honey bee (Apis sp) in rainforest, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January

Tim Laman / Flowering {Hypericum sp} in high montane rainforest on Pico Basile, approx 2700 m altitude, Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea, January 2008

Steve Knell / Black sympetrum / darter dragonfly (Sympetrum danae) female on Slender St Johns wort (Hypericum pulchrum), UK

Steve Knell / Black sympetrum / darter dragonfly (Sympetrum danae) female on Slender St Johns wort (Hypericum pulchrum), UK

MYN / Niall Benvie / Hairy St John's wort {Hypericum hirsutum} Scotland, UK, June meetyourneighbours.net project

Simon Colmer / Marsh Saint John's Wort (Hypericum elodes) with rushes in a pond, New Forest, Hampshire, UK.

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps) hummingbird, endemic male, feeding on St. John's-wort (Clusiaceae) flower, Costa Rica

Jose B. Ruiz / Common St John's wort flowers, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Common St John's wort, Spain

Jose B. Ruiz / Common St John's wort {Hypericum perforatum} in herb garden Alicante, Spain.

Christian Ziegler / St. John's-wort (Calophyllum longifolium) sapling with herbivore damage due to its nutritious leaves, Barro Colorado Island, Panama

Duncan Mcewan / Slender St John's wort {Hypericum pulchrum} Scotland, UK Inverness-shire