FNPS Plant Database
Hypericum tenuifolium
Nomenclature
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Family:
Clusiaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
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Life Span:
Long-lived perennial
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Fruit Color:
Phenology:
Noted For:
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
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Moisture Tolerance:
Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry
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Somewhat moist, no flooding -to- Very long very dry periods
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Some tolerance to salty wind but not direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Sand
Soil pH:
Suitable to Grow In:
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Vouchered In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Attracts pollinators, especially bees. Documented bees include Colletes sp. A, Hylaeus conflzcens, Augochlorella aurata, A. gratiosa, Azcgochloropsis anonyma, A. metallica, A. sumnptuosa, Dialictus miniatulus, D. nymnphalis, D. placidensis, D. tegularis, Arzthidielluln perplexzcm, Megachile brevis pseudobreuis, M. georgica and Apis lnellifera (Deyrup et al. 2002).
Foliage and seeds are food source for birds and mammals.
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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.
Gann, G.D., C.J. Abbott, C.G. Stocking, K.N. Hines, and collaborators. (2001+). Atlantic St. John's-wort. Natives For Your Neighborhood. ( https://www.regionalconservation.org/beta/nfyn/plantdetail.asp?tx=Hyperedu ). Accessed 2026. The Institute for Regional Conservation. Delray Beach, Florida.
Huegel, Craig N. (2012). Native Wildflowers and Other Ground Covers for Florida Landscapes. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
North Carolina State Extension. (Undated). North Carolina Extension Gardener Plant Toolbox. ( https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/ ). North Carolina Agricultural & Technical University, Greensboro, NC.
Osorio, Rufino. (2001). A Gardener's Guide to Florida's Native Plants. University Press of Florida, Gainesville.
VanHoek, Carmel. (2016). The Saints of Hillsborough County: The Genus Hypericum
(blog post). ( https://fnpsblog.blogspot.com/2016/06/the-saints-of-hillsborough-county-genus.html
). Accessed 2026. Florida Native Plant Society.
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.
