Trees, shrubs, or sometimes herbs containing resin or oil in schizogenous spaces or canals and sometimes black or red glands containing hypericin or pseudohypericin.

• 乔木，灌木、有时为草本，在裂生空隙或者管道里含有树脂或者油，有时具有包含金丝桃蒽酮或者假金丝桃蒽酮的黑色或红色的腺体。