Hypericum lanuginosum, or downy St. John's wort,[1] is a perennial herb, a flowering plant in the St. John's wort family Hypericaceae.
The species grows from 10 to 80 centimeters tall. It has a woody rootstock with few stems. Its leaves have dense whitish veins and are subglabrous on both surfaces. The stems are green and terete and have 2-4 lined internodes. The dimensions of the leaves are 15–60 mm by 5–25 mm. Its flowers are 15–20 mm in diameter and are rounded.[2]
Hypericum lanuginosum is found in Sinai, Southern Turkey, Western Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, and Cyprus.[3] Its habitat is in moist, shady areas, usually by rocks, 0–2400 meters from sea level.[4]