Orange-grass St. Johnswort
Prepared by Jennifer L. D’Appollonio, Assistant Scientist, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469. Updated April 2019.
Scientific name: Hypericum gentianoides (L.) Britton, Sterns & Poggenb.
Common name(s): orange-grass St. Johnswort, orange-grass St. John’s-Wort, orangegrass, pineweed
Links: USDA PLANTS Profile, NPIN Profile, Go Botany
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- in wild blueberry field with wet depressions
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- leaves are scaly
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- July
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- late July
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- August
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- close-up of flowers
Description:
– annual
– leaves smell like citrus or peach when crushed
– fruits are bright red
-leaves are
- simple
- opposite
Habitat:
-disturbed sites
-grasslands
-meadows
-fields
Sources:
Go Botany. “Hypericum Gentianoides (L.) B.S.P.” Hypericum Gentianoides (Orange-Grass St. John’s-Wort): Go Botany, 2021, gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/hypericum/gentianoides/.