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
- 2–2 ft
- Spacing
- 0.3–0.6 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- July, August, September, October
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- pollinators
- Landscape uses
- border, container
- Native states
- AL, AR, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV
Related native plants
More Hypericum species
- St. Andrew's Cross (Hypericum hypericoides)
- Fourpetal St. John's Wort (Hypericum tetrapetalum)
- Roundpod St. John's Wort (Hypericum cistifolium)
- Shrubby St. John's Wort (Hypericum prolificum)
- Golden St. Johnswort (Hypericum frondosum)
- Dense St. John's Wort (Hypericum densiflorum)