NameThatPlant.net: Hypericum fasciculatum

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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum fasciculatum FAMILY Hypericaceae

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read more about Peelbark St. Johnswort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum fasciculatum FAMILY Clusiaceae

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

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.

Keith Bradley kab_h_fasciculatum_77052

May Martin County FL

Jonathan Dickinson State Park

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum fasciculatum FAMILY Hypericaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum fasciculatum FAMILY Clusiaceae

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

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Shrub
Perennial

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Uncommon

Look for it in wet pine savannas, beaver ponds, upland depression ponds, per Weakley's Flora

map
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,

or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

...Wet

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple - linear
Opposite
Leaves sessile

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

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Capsule

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