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Hypericum calycinum
Flowers display 5 yellow petals and many stamen at least 2 in. long! Leaves are simple, opposite and with pinnate venation.
It forms terrific leafy ground cover in sunny locations around a local elementary school parking lot.
Blooms are impressively fuzzy looking because of all the long stamen.
I confirmed it to be great st. John's wort (Hypericum calycinum). I'm so excited to figure it out!! Thanks so much for your guidance. :)
Thank you Maria. gatorfellows, I appreciate the suggestion and will research that. It's the largest St. John's wort I have ever seen. I thought that was just a small weedy/medicinal plant.
Spotted on Jun 28, 2012
Submitted on Jun 30, 2012
