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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-02-007:
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium FAMILY Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
COMMON NAME:
Rosemary Sunrose, Rosemary Frostweed
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rosmarinifolium2b
June Richmond County NC
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rosmarinifolium3
June Richmond County NC
Short stellate hairs give a gray-green cast to this densely pubescent plant, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_rosmarinifolium3b
June Richmond County NC
Leaves ascending to erect, lance-shaped to broadly linear, 2-7mm wide, per Atlantic Coastal Plain Wildflowers (Nelson, 2006).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_c_rosmarini_3848_1
June Bryan County GA
In cultivation
Flowers pale yellow and about 3/4" wide with 5 triangular petals with wavy edges, per Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019).
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Bobby Hattaway rah_c_rosmarini_3873
June Bryan County GA
In cultivation
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Bobby Hattaway rah_c_rosmarini_3887
June Bryan County GA
In cultivation
An unusual native plant in that all known populations occur in disturbed places, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-02-007:
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
3059
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC (rare in NC)
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
Petioles to 3mm long
FLOWER:
Spring/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!
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001) p280
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p333
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast (Cotterman, Waitt, & Weakley, 2019) p244
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p156
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p329
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