Saint John's Wort Traditional Cache

Saint Johns Wort is the pretty yellow flower on the right, if you come up from Varna. There's a spot to pull off and park just a few yards beyond it. A true Park and Grab.

Saint John’s-wort.

Hypericum perforatum, known as perforate St John's-wort,common Saint John's wort and St John's wort is a flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae. The common name "St John's wort" may be used to refer to any species of the genusHypericum.Therefore, Hypericum perforatum is sometimes called "common St John's wort" or "perforate St John's wort" in order to differentiate it. It is a medicinal herb with antidepressant activity and potent anti-inflammatory properties as an  arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor and COX-1 inhibitor.

Hypericum perforatum is native to parts of Europe and Asia but has spread worldwide as a cosmopolitan invasive weed, including to temperate regions of India, China, Canada, Africa, and the United States.

The common name "St John's wort" comes from its traditional flowering and harvesting on St John’s Day, 24 June. The genus name Hypericum is derived from the Greek words hyper (above) and eikon (picture), in reference to the tradition of hanging plants over religious icons in the home during St John's Day, to ward off evil.

The leaves are yellow-green in color, with scattered translucent dots of glandular tissue. The dots are conspicuous when held up to the light, giving the leaves the 'perforated' appearance to which the plant's Latin name refers. The flowers measure up to 2.5 cm across, have five petals, and are colored bright yellow with conspicuous black dots

In pastures, St John's wort acts as both a toxic and invasive weed. It replaces native plant communities and forage vegetation to the extent of making productive land nonviable or becoming an invasive species in natural habitats and ecosystems. Ingestion by livestock such as horses, sheep, and cattle can cause photosensitization, central nervous system depression, spontaneous abortion, and death. In western North America three beetles have been introduced as biocontrol agents.

Studies have supported the efficacy of St John's wort as a treatment for depression in humans.

The cache is tied in. It's a camoed small, "small" pill bottle, the Push Hard to turn both to open and close kind. It has only a rolled log with rubber band and a small plastic zip lock bag. Please remember the rubber band on your finger, so you can keep the log rolled tightly, when you put it back. BYOP and no tweezers, please, they kill the plastic.