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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
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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.
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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.
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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.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (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
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont & Mountains)
Habitat: pine flatwoods, pine savannas, bogs, seeps, mesic to dryish forests and woodlands, per Weakley's Flora
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LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
Yellow
Bisexual
Radially symmetrical
4 sepals, two outer & two inner
4 petals
Superior ovary
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 p276
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p250
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p096
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry p171
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p062
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p085
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p165
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains p097
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p189