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§1 Plant

Hypericum fasciculatum Lam.

vernacular peelbark St. Johnswort — species · Clusiaceae


USDA
HYFA
GBIF
3189454
Rank
species
peelbark St. Johnswort (Hypericum fasciculatum)
Platephotograph · BJ Stacey source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Shrub, Subshrub
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Clusiaceae Lindl.
Genus
Hypericum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 154 counties across 7 states/territories
Legend Native · 154 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
High
Shade
High
Anaerobic
Low
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
4 °F minimum
Frost-free days
20 min.
Precipitation
33–70 in/yr
Root depth
12 in min.
Soil texture
coarse
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Stem
Growth rate
Moderate
Lifespan
Short
Mature height
5 ft
Height @ 20 y
7 ft
Foliage texture
Coarse
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Dense
Porosity (winter)
Moderate
Flower colour
Yellow
Fruit colour
Brown
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Spring
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Summer
Spread rate
Moderate
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
1,916,000
§3e

Use & availability

Nursery stock
No
Palatable, human
Yes
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 154 counties across 7 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 11 N
Florida view state ↗ 62 N
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N
Louisiana view state ↗ 13 N
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 9 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 15 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HYFA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/3189454 ↗

Record version

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