Hypericum gentianoides (Linnaeus) Britton, Sterns, & Poggenburg. Section: Brathys. Common name: Pineweed, Orange-grass, Orangeweed. Phenology: Jul-Oct. Habitat: Fields, rock outcrops, woodland borders, eroding areas, pond margins, pine flatwoods. Distribution: ME and ON west to MN, south to s. FL and TX.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, C, Can, F, Fl2, FNA6, G, Il, K4, Mo2, NcTx, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, RAB, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Adams (1973), Robson (2006); = Sarothra gentianoides L. — S, S13. Basionym: Sarothra gentianoides L. 1753
Links to other floras: = Hypericum gentianoides - FNA6
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FACU
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: UPL
- Great Plains: FACU
- Midwest: FACU
- Northcentral & Northeast: FACU
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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Horticultural Information
Intro: Erect to ascending, bushy annual found on rock outcrops and in fields, woodland borders, eroding areas, pond margins and pine flatwoods.
Stems: Stems wiry, wing-angled, with many thread-like branches; main stem reddish brown and upper branches green.
Leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, scale-like and tiny, closely pressed to stem or slightly angled outward.
Inforescence:
Flowers: Flowers mostly sessile at branch tips and along branches at leaf nodes, yellow and less than 1/4 in. wide when open. Each flower consisting of 5 lance-linear, blunt petals, which open only in sunlight; 5 slightly shorter, narrower sepals; and an erect cluster of stamens and style in the center.
Fruits: Fruit a reddish-purple, slender-conical capsule.
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Height: 6-20 in.
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description: Erect to ascending, bushy annual found on rock outcrops and in fields, woodland borders, eroding areas, pond margins and pine flatwoods.
stems: Stems wiry, wing-angled, with many thread-like branches; main stem reddish brown and upper branches green.
leaves: Leaves opposite, sessile, scale-like and tiny, closely pressed to stem or slightly angled outward.
inflorescence:
flowers: Flowers mostly sessile at branch tips and along branches at leaf nodes, yellow and less than 1/4 in. wide when open. Each flower consisting of 5 lance-linear, blunt petals, which open only in sunlight; 5 slightly shorter, narrower sepals; and an erect cluster of stamens and style in the center.
fruits: Fruit a reddish-purple, slender-conical capsule.
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native range: eastern North America
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