FNPS Plant Database

Hypericum fasciculatum

sandweed
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS

Nomenclature

Common Name:

sandweed

Synonym(s):

Genus species:

Hypericum fasciculatum

Family:

Clusiaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

3-5 ft tall by 3 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

deciduous

Noted For:

Showy Flowers

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Adapted to edge of marshes. Suited for use only where the hydrology matches its needs. Where present, protect by protection hydrology and water quality.

Considerations:

Availability:

Native Nurseries, Seed

Propagation:

Seed

Light:

Full Sun

Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Aquatic -to- Usually moist, occasional inundation

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Acidic

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B,10A,10B

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Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators

Attracts insect pollinators, especially bees.  Bees include  Colletes nudus and Coelioxys sayi plus the non-native A pis mellifera (honeybee), Bombus irnpatiens and Xylocopa micans (Deyrup et al. 2002).

Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.

Native Habitats:

Cutthroat seeps, wet prairie, flatwoods marshes, margins of cypress swamps.

Natural Range in Florida:

Comments:

Ethnobotany:

General Comments:

Would be nice to see this used more in restoration, but the hydrology and substrate need to be correct.

Citations:

Deyrup, Mark, Jay Edirisinghe, and Beth Norden. (2002). The diversity and floral hosts of bees at the Archbold Biological Station, Florida (Hymenoptera: Apoidea). Insecta Mundi, 544.


Huegel, Craig N. (2012). Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.


Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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