Hypericum olympicum

Mount Olympus St. John's wort
Cultivated flower at the University of Wrocław Botanical Garden, Poland
Whole of the flowering plant in the Botanical Garden Liberec, Czech Republic
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Hypericaceae
Genus: Hypericum
Section: Hypericum sect. Olympia
Species:
H. olympicum
Binomial name
Hypericum olympicum
Forms
  • H. olympicum f. minus Hausskn.
  • H. olympicum f. olympicum
  • H. olympicum f. tenuifolium (D. Jord & Kož.) N. Robson
  • H. olympicum f. uniflorum Boiss. & Balansa
Synonyms
  • Androsaemum adenophyllum K.Koch
  • Hypericum adenophyllum Ledeb.
  • Hypericum dimoniei Velen.
  • Olympia glauca Spach

Hypericum olympicum, commonly known as the Mount Olympus St. John's wort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae found in the Balkans and Turkey and introduced to western Europe. It has been widely cultivated for centuries because of its large, showy flowers, which are far larger than those of most other species in Hypericum.