Yurile Jhaar / Japanese St. Johns Wort
Hypericum japonicum
- Habit
- Herb
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam & more
- Flowering
- November-August
How to identify Yurile Jhaar
Identify Yurile Jhaar by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Small creeping herb with yellow flowers.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: November-August.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Hypericaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Yurile Jhaar.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Hypericum japonicum
- Genus
- Hypericum
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Water logged areas in grasslands and semi-Evergreen forests
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, South-East China, Hawaii, Malaysia
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Sikkim, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab
- Flowering & fruiting
- November-August
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Opposite
Typical of the Hypericaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Fruit
- Capsule
Typical of the Hypericaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Nepali
- युरिले झार Yurile Jhaar, कनिके घाँस Kanike Ghaas, जिब्रे घाँस Jibre Ghaas, चलकझार Chalakajhaar
About Yurile Jhaar
Japanese St. Johns wort (Hypericum japonicum) belongs to the Hypericaceae family, where it grows as a herb. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, Assam and 6 other states. It grows in water logged areas in grasslands and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from November to August.
Hypericaceae
Hypericum Family
Yurile Jhaar belongs to the Hypericaceae family.
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