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Hypericum tomentosum |
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| Common name |
woolly St. John's wort |
| Family |
clusiaceae |
| Life cycle |
perennial |
| Flowers |
yellow |
| Size |
6-8" |
| Light |
sun |
| Cultural notes |
well-drained soil |
Makes a mat of silvery-woolly leaves, with bright yellow flowers. The flower bracts have an odd appearance up close, as they are lined with tiny hairs with black ends. They must be related to spiders in some way. Flowers close up by the afternoon.
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We left this plant behind in our Pennsylvania garden (and wish it well); we don't grow it in Houston. About my plant portraits
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