Dwarf St Johnswort

Dwarf St. Johnswort in bloom; flowers are yellow with five petalsOften written as Dwarf St. John’s Wort

Family: Hypericaceae (or Clusiaceae) (St. Johnswort Family)

Genus: Hypericum | Species: mutilum

Description: A diffusely-branched plant with tiny (1/5″ or 5 mm wide) yellow flowers and oblong leaves. The color and height of this weed blends in well with cranberry uprights and is called “False cranberry” by many of the local cranberry growers. [can be perennial or annual]

Habitat: Fields, roadsides and waste places;

In Bloom: June – September

Dwarf St Johnswort plant beside a U.S. postage stamp for scale purposes Dwarf St Johnswort plant beside a U.S. postage stamp for scale purposes