Hypericum canariense is a species of St. John's wort known by the common name Canary Islands St. John's wort. It is native to the Canary Islands, where it grows in the coastal scrub and moist forested slopes of the five westernmost islands. It is also known as an introduced species in Australia, New Zealand, and the US states of California and Hawaii, where it is an escaped ornamental plant and generally considered a minor noxious weed. This is a flowering shrub growing 2 to 3 meters in height. Its many stems bear waxy lance-shaped leaves 5 to 7 centimeters long. The plentiful flowers each have five bright to deep yellow petals each just over a centimeter long and many yellowish whiskery stamens. It reproduces via the seed in its dehiscent dry fruits and also vegetatively via rhizome.

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• Jepson Manual Treatment
• USDA Plants Profile
• UCSC Species Profile
• Photo gallery