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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum hypericoides
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Read more about St. Andrew's Cross at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-002:
Hypericum hypericoides FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum hypericoides
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum linifolium
COMMON NAME:
St. Andrew's Cross
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_ashy_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0402e_08
February Greenville County SC
Capsules ovoid, 4-9mm long, 2.5-4mm broad, seeds black, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm0307k_29
July Greenville County SC
Leaves are narrow, less than 1" long, & tapered at the base, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).
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Bobbie L Holt blh723_a
August Anderson County SC
Carolina Wild Native Plant Nursery
Two outer sepals, ovate or widely elliptic; inner sepals usually obsolete, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm070818_012
August Greenville County SC
Bald Rock Heritage Preserve
Woody shrub with a single main stem, freely branched above, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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JK Marlow jkm180814_3764
August McCormick County SC
Parks Mill
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_122
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_124
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_143
August Spartanburg County SC
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Roxanna Martin rlm8710_247
August Spartanburg County SC
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_hypericoides
August
Four yellow petals narrowly oblong-linear to oblong-elliptic, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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Gill Newberry gn10_h_hypericoides_habit
October
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum hypericoides
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-002:
Hypericum hypericoides
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum hypericoides
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum linifolium
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Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: Dry forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common (uncommon in Carolina Mountains)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Tardily deciduous
Simple
Shrubby; flowers with 4 petals and 4 (rarely 2) sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
2 outer sepals, inner sepals usually absent
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Capsule
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p274?
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p096
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p195
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p095
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977) p154
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops (Murdy & Carter, 2000) p63
- Wild Flowers of NC, 2nd edition (Justice, Bell, & Lindsey, 2005) p153
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p225
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p064
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p089
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance) p18
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p165
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p097
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p066
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