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{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family}}
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|image = Hypericum forrestii.jpg
|image_caption = Cultivated specimen
|genus = Hypericum
|parent = Hypericum sect. Ascyreia
|species = forrestii
|authority = ([[Chitt.]]) [[Norman Robson (botanist)|N.Robson]]
}}

'''''Hypericum forrestii''''' is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] Hypericaceae [[native plant|native]] to [[China]] and [[Myanmar]]. It is known as '''Forrest's tutsan'''<ref name=BSBI07>{{BSBI 2007 |access-date=2014-10-17 }}</ref> and '''Forrest's St. John's wort'''. It was named in honour of the Scottish botanist [[George Forrest (botanist)|George Forrest]] (1873–1932), who was the first westerner to discover it. The species has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web|title=RHS Plant Selector - ''Hypericum forrestii''|url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/9005/Hypericum-forrestii/Details|access-date=7 September 2020}}</ref>

==Description==
It is a semi-[[evergreen]] [[shrub]] growing to {{convert|1.2|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} tall by {{convert|1.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} broad. It has oval leaves which turn red in autumn and bowl-shaped yellow flowers with prominent [[stamen]]s in late summer.<ref name=RHSAZ>{{cite book|title=RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants|year=2008|publisher=Dorling Kindersley|location=United Kingdom|isbn=978-1405332965|pages=1136}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=''Hypericum forrestii''|publisher=Plants for a future|url=http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Hypericum+forrestii|access-date=23 June 2013}}</ref>

==Distribution==
Forrest's St. John's wort is native to [[Yunnan]] and [[Sichuan]] provinces in China, and northeastern [[Myanmar]]. It has been recorded as a garden escape in locations in the British Isles,<ref name=OABI>{{cite web|title=Hypericum forrestii (Forrest's Tutsan)|url=http://www.brc.ac.uk/plantatlas/index.php?q=node/3066|work=Online Atlas of the British and Irish flora|publisher=Biological Records Centre|access-date=23 June 2013}}</ref> and as an invasive species.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hypericum forrestii|url=http://www.cabi.org/isc/?compid=5&dsid=114904&loadmodule=datasheet&page=481&site=144|work=Invasive Species Compendium|publisher=CAB International|access-date=23 June 2013}}</ref> It may be under-recorded due to confusion with other St. John's wort species such as ''Hypericum'' 'Hidcote'.<ref name=OABI />

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