Hypericum fasciculatum, known as peelbark St. Johnswort or sandweed, is a species of flowering plant in the St. Johnswort family, Hypericaceae, native to the southeastern United States.[1][2][3] It is found from eastern North Carolina, south to southern Florida, west to eastern Louisiana.[4] Kew's Plants of the World Online database also notes that it occurs in Cuba,[1] though Cuba is not listed in several other sources.[4][3][5] It was first described in 1797 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.[6]
| Hypericum fasciculatum | |
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| At Sweetbay Natural Area in Palm Beach County, Florida | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Hypericaceae |
| Genus: | Hypericum |
| Section: | H. sect. Myriandra |
| Subsection: | H. subsect. Centrosperma |
| Species: | H. fasciculatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Hypericum fasciculatum Lam.
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Peelbark St. Johnswort grows in wetlands including wet pine savannas, marshes, cypress ponds, and roadside ditches. It flowers from spring to fall.[4][3]
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In Palm Beach County, Florida
References edit
- ^ a b c "Hypericum fasciculatum Lam". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Hypericum fasciculatum". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Robson, Norman K. B. (2015). "Hypericum fasciculatum". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 6. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press. Retrieved 14 January 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ a b c Weakley, Alan S. (2018), Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States, working draft of 20 August 2018, University of North Carolina Herbarium, North Carolina Botanical Garden, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- ^ "Hypericum fasciculatum Descriptions". hypericum.myspecies.info. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
- ^ "Hypericum fasciculatum Lam". ipni.org. International Plant Names Index. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
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