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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
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
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 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.
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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 (11/30/12):
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Hypericaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hypericum crux-andreae
FAMILY
Clusiaceae
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 stans
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Shrub
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Look for it in dry forests and woodlands, pine flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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