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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Hypericum fasciculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-013:

Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

 

COMMON NAME:
Peelbark St. Johnswort


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image of Hypericum fasciculatum, Peelbark St. Johnswort

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_hyfa_001_lvd

        

image of Hypericum fasciculatum, Peelbark St. Johnswort

JK Marlow    jkm160416_227

April    Lowndes County    GA

An erect shurb, many-branched above, spongy and thickened below, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Hypericum fasciculatum, Peelbark St. Johnswort

Keith Bradley    kab_h_fasciculatum_77052

May    Martin County    FL

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Clusiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum fasciculatum

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-013:
Hypericum fasciculatum   FAMILY Hypericaceae

 

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2626

Shrub
Perennial

Habitat: Wet pine savannas, beaver ponds, upland depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in Coastal Plain of GA & SC) (rare in NC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear, needle-like

Shrubby with needle-like leaves; flowers with 5 petals and 5 sepals

Opposite
Leaves sessile

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
5 persistent sepals
5 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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