{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family}} {{Speciesbox |image = Geflecktes Johanniskraut.jpg |image2 = Bombus soroeensis - Hypericum maculatum - Keila.jpg |genus = Hypericum |parent = Hypericum sect. Hypericum |species = maculatum |authority = Crantz }}

'''''Hypericum maculatum''''', commonly known as '''imperforate St John's-wort''',<ref name=Stace>{{cite book|last=Stace|first=C. A.|author-link = Stace, C. A.|year=2010|title=New Flora of the British Isles|edition=Third|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location = Cambridge, U.K.| isbn=9780521707725}}</ref>{{rp|340}}<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }}</ref> or '''spotted St. Johnswort''',<ref>{{PLANTS|id=HYMA10|taxon=Hypericum maculatum|access-date=15 May 2015}}</ref> is a species of perennial herbaceous flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. It is native to Europe and Western Asia where it grows in moist meadows.

==Description== ''Hypericum maculatum'' is a hairless perennial herbaceous plant growing to about {{Convert|60|cm|abbr=on}}. The stem is square in cross section, but without the wings shown in ''H.&nbsp;tetrapterum''. The leaves are simple, entire (undivided) and in opposite pairs, without stipules and have few or no translucent glands. There may be black dots on the leaves, petals and sepals.<ref name=Stace/> The flowers are yellow, up to about {{Convert|25|mm|abbr=on}} across. The species hybridises with ''Hypericum perforatum'' to produce Des Etang's St John's wort, ''Hypericum x desetangsii''.<ref name=Stace/>

==Uses== It is considered to be a medicinal plant.<ref name=med>Băcilă, I., et al. (2010). [http://www.rombio.eu/rbl1vol15Supplement/11%20Ioan%20Bacila.pdf Micropropagation of ''Hypericum maculatum'' Cranz an important medicinal plant.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180411214316/http://www.rombio.eu/rbl1vol15Supplement/11%20Ioan%20Bacila.pdf |date=2018-04-11 }} ''Rom Biotechnol Lett'' 15 86-91.</ref> ''Hypericum maculatum'' herb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea or oil extract, and externally as oil extract, ointment or cold maceration in ethanol for treatment of disorders of the skin, locomotor system, nervous system, gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, kidneys and urinary tract, cardiovascular system, infections, rheumatism and gout.

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maculatum Category:Flora of Europe Category:Flora of Western Asia