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St. John's Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Description:

It is a perennial plant which means it grows back every year. It grows high and wide. It has strong stems and beautiful yellow flowers. The leaves are yellow-green in color, The flowers measure up to 2.5 cm across, have five petals, and are colored bright yellow with black dots.

Habitat:

Native to Europe and Asia but now can be found in temperate climates. It is a common day weed!

Notes:

This plant has been growing on the side of my house year after year for about 10 years. This years the flowers are bigger than before so I just had to put it up on my spottings.

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19pmeany
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19pmeany

Maryland, USA

Spotted on Sep 20, 2017
Submitted on Sep 20, 2017

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