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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read more about St. Peter's-wort at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Hypericum crux-andreae
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-004:
Hypericum stans FAMILY Hypericaceae
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum cuneifolium
INCLUDING Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum stans
COMMON NAME:
St. Peter's-wort, St. Andrew's Cross, St. Peter's Cross
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_asst2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_hypu_003_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_hypericum_cruxrae_3
July
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_h_cruxreae_3
August
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JK Marlow jkm0509c_13
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Four unequal sepals: the 2 outer and larger enclosing 2 much narrower inner, per Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995).
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JK Marlow jkm060903_008
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
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JK Marlow jkm060903_010
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Leaves elliptic-oblong, rounded at the tip, clasping at the base, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).
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Steve Marlow snm097309_12
September Transylvania County NC
DuPont State Forest
Outer sepals cordate or ovate, inner sepals lanceolate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm231025_6302
October Greenville County SC
Ashmore Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Hypericum crux-andreae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-004:
Hypericum stans
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum cuneifolium
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Ascyrum stans
729
Shrub
Perennial
Habitat: pine flatwoods, pine savannas, bogs, seeps, mesic to dryish forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Shrubby; flowers with 4 petals and 4 (rarely 2) sepals
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals, two outer & two inner
4 petals
Superior ovary
Bisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
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) p276
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p250
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p350
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p192
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p096
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p171
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p224
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p062
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p085
- 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) p189
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