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Hypericum gentianoides - (image 1 of 4)

Taxonomy

Family: Hypericaceae

Habitat

In sterile, often sandy soil.

Associates

Distribution

ME to Ontario and MN, south to FL and TX.

Morphology

Annual; stems erect, 10-50 cm, with numerous slender, usually opposite branches; leaves appressed, scale-like, 1-4 mm; flowers subsessile, mostly solitary in the axils; sepals lance-linear, 1.5-2.5 mm; petals 2-4 mm; stamens mostly 5-10; styles 3, 1 mm; fruit slender-conic, 4-7 mm.

Notes

Flowers June to September

Wetland indicator: FACU

The name orange-grass refers not to the color but the smell of the crushed foliage. Another common name for this plant is pineweed.

References

Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY

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