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Questions and Answers: 2021

Question: Growing on my lawn in Massachusetts. Hypericum perforatum? (With some hawkweed mixed in.)

  • Question

    Growing on my lawn in Massachusetts. Hypericum perforatum? (With some hawkweed mixed in.)

    Answer

    Dear jfc, good afternoon. The plants certainly look like Hypericum perforatum to me. This species has two decurrent ridges that run down the stem (and on those ridges are black glandular dots--and only on those ridges). This detailed little character helps to distinguish this species from some closely related species. Best wishes.