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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Crocanthemum propinquum
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about Low Frostweed at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum propinquum
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crocanthemum propinquum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)
Crocanthemum propinquum
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Helianthemum propinquum
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-02-004:
Helianthemum propinquum FAMILY Cistaceae
COMMON NAME:
Low Frostweed, Creeping Sunrose
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Crocanthemum propinquum
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum propinquum
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crocanthemum propinquum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Crocanthemum propinquum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Helianthemum propinquum
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-02-004:
Helianthemum propinquum
FAMILY
Cistaceae
3282
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: woodlands, rock outcrops, sandy barrens and fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to North Carolina
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
5 petals in chasmogamous flowers/ petals absent in cleistogamous flowers
Numerous stamens in chasmogamous flowers/ few in cleistogamous flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p072
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p095
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p100
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