Perforate and Imperforate St John's-wort, Göteborg, July 7th, 2001

Imperforate St John's-wort
(above and to the right)
I climbed the steep roadbank for it

Hypericum maculatum
Fyrkantig johannesört:
oktober, december, mars


Perforate St John's-wort
(to the left)
Is found in many much more convenient S-weed patches

Hypericum perforatum
Johannesört:
november, december, februari, maj

Eva Ekeblad, 2001

  The roadbank is steep enough not to agree very well with the summer sandals I have been wearing: I slip downhill inside my shoes. Going up is OK, but getting down is tricky. So today (my third visit) I donned a pair of winter boots - I don't OWN a pair of sneakers. In the heat my feet were getting a bit swollen in their confinement - they really HURT from the pressure of the slope...
  Evidently, though, climbing the bank worked the magic: NOW, of course, I have seen the Imperforate flowering on flat ground, in the junk car parking ground