Scientific Name
Hypericum perforatum
Common Name
Common St. John's-wort
Wildflowers
Plant Fact Sheets
Consumer Hort
Life Cycle:
Perennial
Height:
1 to 2.5 feet
Flower/fruit:
1 inch flowers; five yellow petals with black dots on margins; bushy stamens
Flowering Season:
Summer into early fall
Foliage:
Toothless, opposite leaves dotted with tiny translucent or black glands
Site:
Roadsides, fields, waste places
Comments:
Introduced from Europe
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