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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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Read more about Rosemary Sunrose at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Crocanthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum rosmarinifolium
FAMILY
Cistaceae
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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Habitat: Longleaf pine sandhills, sandy roadsides, fields, per Weakley's Flora
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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 p280
- Wildflowers of the Atlantic Southeast p244
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p329