Peelbark St. John's Wort

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. It is found from eastern North Carolina, south to southern Florida, west to eastern Louisiana. Kew's Plants of the World Online database also notes that it occurs in Cuba, though Cuba is not listed in several other sources. It was first described in 1797 by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Peelbark St. John's Wort being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Hypericum limosum
• Hypericum brachyphyllum
• Hypericum chapmanii
• Hypericum galioides
• Hypericum lloydii
• Hypericum tenuifolium

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Malpighiales

Family

Hypericaceae

Genus

Hypericum

Species

Hypericum fasciculatum

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