NameThatPlant.net: Hypericum crux-andreae

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Fabids: Malpighiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Hypericum crux-andreae FAMILY Hypericaceae Go to FSUS key

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

COMMON NAME:
St. Peter's-wort, St. Andrew's Cross, St. Peter's Cross

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 VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 126-01-004:
Hypericum stans FAMILY Hypericaceae

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

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