It possesses clusters of many golden yellow flowers with long stamens and red fruit that gradually changes color.

A noted variety is 'Golden Beacon', which won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit for its gold foliage, prominent stamens, pink stems, and superior disease resistance.

The genus name Hypericum is possibly derived from the Greek words hyper (above) and eikon (picture), in reference to the tradition of hanging the plant over religious icons in the home.

[2] The hybrid's author, Philip Miller, chose the name inodorum (which comes from the Latin word inodorus meaning odorless or "unscented")[3] to distinguish it from H. hircinum, which commonly has a goat-like smell.

The first mention of this hybrid in botanical literature was in Joseph Tournefort's 1700 work Institutiones rei herbariae.

He offered a longer description, with details on the flowers of the plant, and called it the "tall St John's wort".

At some points, the plant was included in the genus Androsaemum (now the section in Hypericum to which it belongs) as A. pyramidale, A. parviflorum, and A.

[12] This was confirmed in the 1985 installment of Robson's monograph of the genus, along with a detailed description of the species and a history of its nomenclature.

[1] Hypericum × inodorum is a bushy perennial shrub that grows 0.6–2.0 meters tall and has a spread of 0.9–1.5 m.[3][1] Its branches stand upright and many originate at the base, which does not root aboveground.

There are four or five pairs of main veins that arise from the midrib and ascend outwards in the direction of the tip of the leaf.

The seed capsule has thin walls and is flesh, and goes from a red to dark brown color, sometimes splitting at its end.

It has been introduced to the United Kingdom, Ireland, Chile, Java, Madeira, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, and Switzerland.

Hypericum × inodorum 'Golden Beacon' is a plant with gold foliage, prominent stamens, pink stems, and superior disease resistance.