Pinweed

(Hypericum gentianoides)

 

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Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

 

Pinweed (Hypericum gentianoides)

Identification: Flowers yellow, small, with 5 petals, and nearly sessile to the stem. Stem heavily branched, wiry, with a slight blue-green tint. Leaves minute, nearly spinelike. Plant 4 to 20 inches in height.

Distribution: Throughout eastern North America.

Habitat: Pinweed is found on very dry, poor soils.

Flowering period: June to October.

Pinweed (Hypericum gentianoides)

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The minute leaves and wiry, highly branched stems easily identify this species.

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