A relative of the St Andrews Cross, both in the genus Hypericum, and another yellow flower in the yard. Yellow seems to have replaced white now; I wonder if that is significant?
These, like the St Andrew's Cross, are growing out back, where we've stopped mowing. This is the first time we've noticed them. But in our defense the flowers are only a quarter inch across.
Patty had been watching them grow, not pulling them as weeds as she wanted to see what bloomed. And she brought me one this morning as we were identifying the Great St John's Wort, since I already had the flower field guides out.
It seems that this is a short lived perennial or perhaps an annual plant. So when and how did it get here? And given that there is a nice sized population why didn't we notice it before?
No matter, it is here now. I hope it stays.
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