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Brundage, Stephanie

Hypericum hypericoides

Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz

St. Andrew's-cross

Clusiaceae (Mangosteen Family)

Synonym(s):

USDA Symbol: HYHY

USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N)

The flowers are distinctive, 4 bright yellow petals that form a cross, and the bark is exfoliating and reddish.

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Plant Characteristics

Duration: Perennial
Habit: Subshrub
Leaf Arrangement: Opposite
Leaf Shape: Oblanceolate
Leaf Pubescence: Glabrous
Inflorescence: Axillary , Terminal
Fruit Type: Capsule
Size Notes: Growth form varies. Often shrub-like, up to about 5 feet tall. Sometimes mat-forming, up to about 1 foot tall.
Leaf: Green
Flower: Sepals 4
Fruit: Reddish-brown

Bloom Information

Bloom Color: Yellow
Bloom Time: Jun , Jul , Aug , Sep , Oct
Bloom Notes: The four petals form a cross.

Distribution

USA: AL , AR , DE , FL , GA , IL , IN , KS , KY , LA , MA , MD , MO , MS , NC , NJ , NY , OH , OK , PA , SC , TN , TX , VA , WV

National Wetland Indicator Status

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	FAC			FAC	FACU	FACU		FACU	FACU

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.1 (Lichvar, R.W. 2013. The National Wetland Plant List: 2013 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2013-49: 1-241). Click here for map of regions.

Wildflower Center Seed Bank

LBJWC-MM-764 Collected 2010-09-05 in Caldwell County by Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

1 collection(s) available in the Wildflower Center Seed Bank

Bibliography

Bibref 1620 - Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Reprint Edition) (2009) Wasowski, S. with A. Wasowski

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Web Reference

Webref 38 - Flora of North America (2019) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Webref 23 - Southwest Environmental Information Network (2009) SEINet - Arizona Chapter

Research Literature

Reslit 917 - Effects of Fire on Plant Community Composition of North Florida Second Growth Pineland (1992) D. W. Mehlman
Reslit 2427 - A Vegetation Classification of Fire-Dependent Pinelands of Florida (2010) Susan C. Carr, Kevin M. Robertson and Robert K. Pe...
Reslit 2456 - Microtopography and woody plant regeneration in a hardwood floodplain swamp in Florida (1990) Jonathan Harold Titus

This information was provided by the Florida WIldflower Foundation.
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Additional resources

USDA: Find Hypericum hypericoides in USDA Plants
FNA: Find Hypericum hypericoides in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Hypericum hypericoides

Metadata

Record Modified: 2023-02-14
Research By: Joseph A. Marcus

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