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Hypericum perforatum

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Hypericum /Hy·per·i·cum/ (hi-per´ĭ-kum) a genus of herbs, including several types of St. John's wort.
Hypericum perfora´tum  the species of St. John's wort whose above-ground parts are used medicinally.

Hypericum perforatum,
Hypericum perforatum
Popularly, St John's wort, see there


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The one that is used to combat depression is Hypericum perforatum, a species native to Europe which, in this country, may be found growing wild from the central California Coast north to British Columbia, as well as in northern Nevada, Idaho and Montana.
John's wort (``wort'' is Old English for plant) is a weed also known as Hypericum perforatum.
 
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