Pineweed
Hypericum gentianoides
Pineweed (orange grass) is a wiry, nearly leafless annual that dots dry, sandy ground with minuscule yellow flowers, turning rusty orange in fall, an easy native pioneer for hot, lean, sunny sites.
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Type
- wildflower
- Lifespan
- annual
- Height
- 0.3–1 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic
- Bloom
- July, August, September
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV