St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Photographed the St. John's Wort flowering plant alongside the Domtar Overlook section of the Bridge to Bridge Trail in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Hypericum perforatum is a herbaceous perennial plant with extensive, creeping rhizomes. Its reddish stems are erect and branched in the upper section, and can grow up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) high. The stems are woody near their base and may appear jointed from leaf scars. The branches are typically clustered about a depressed base. It has opposite and stalkless leaves that are narrow and oblong in shape and 1–2 centimetres (1⁄2–3⁄4 in) long. Leaves borne on the branches subtend the shortened branch lets. The leaves are yellow-green in colour, with scattered translucent dots of glandular tissue. The dots are conspicuous when held up to the light, giving the leaves a perforated appearance. The flowers measure up to 2.5 cm (1 in) across, have five petals and sepals, and are coloured bright yellow with conspicuous black dots. The flowers appear in broad helicoid cymes at the ends of the upper branches, between late spring and early to mid-summer. The cymes are leafy and bear many flowers. The pointed sepals have black glandular dots. The many stamens are united at the base into three bundles. The pollen grains are ellipsoidal. The black and lustrous seeds are rough, netted with coarse grooves. When flower buds (not the flowers themselves) or seed pods are crushed, a reddish or purple liquid is produced. Source Wikipedia
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St. John's Wort (Hypericum perforatum)
Photographed the St. John's Wort flowering plant alongside the Domtar Overlook section of the Bridge to Bridge Trail in Timmins in the Township of Mountjoy located in the City of Timmins Northeastern Ontario Canada
Hypericum perforatum is a herbaceous perennial plant with extensive, creeping rhizomes. Its reddish stems are erect and branched in the upper section, and can grow up to 1 metre (3 feet 3 inches) high. The stems are woody near their base and may appear jointed from leaf scars. The branches are typically clustered about a depressed base. It has opposite and stalkless leaves that are narrow and oblong in shape and 1–2 centimetres (1⁄2–3⁄4 in) long. Leaves borne on the branches subtend the shortened branch lets. The leaves are yellow-green in colour, with scattered translucent dots of glandular tissue. The dots are conspicuous when held up to the light, giving the leaves a perforated appearance. The flowers measure up to 2.5 cm (1 in) across, have five petals and sepals, and are coloured bright yellow with conspicuous black dots. The flowers appear in broad helicoid cymes at the ends of the upper branches, between late spring and early to mid-summer. The cymes are leafy and bear many flowers. The pointed sepals have black glandular dots. The many stamens are united at the base into three bundles. The pollen grains are ellipsoidal. The black and lustrous seeds are rough, netted with coarse grooves. When flower buds (not the flowers themselves) or seed pods are crushed, a reddish or purple liquid is produced. Source Wikipedia
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