158 YELLOW AND ORANGE 



COMMON ST. JOHN'S WORT: 



Hypericum perforatum. 

 St. John's-wort Family. June — Sept. 



A plant 1-2 feet high, found in fields, road- 

 sides. Common throughout the United States. 

 Naturalized from Europe. 

 Flowers — Yellow, in clusters terminating the 

 branches; divisions 5, black-dotted 

 along the margins. 

 Leaves — Small, opposite, oblong, more or less 

 black-dotted. 



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