Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Hypericum hypericoides ssp. hypericoides
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz ssp. hypericoides
St. Andrew's-cross
Clusiaceae (Mangosteen Family)
USDA Symbol: HYHYHUSDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Ascyrum hypericoides var. hypericoides
St. Andrews Cross
Clusiaceae
Location: 2 km E of IH-37 in extreme S Bexar County.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Full sun; deep, sandy soil; nominal moisture. Among various Poaceae.
Description: Evergreen shrub; erect-ascending, reddish-brown brown stems, somewhat diffused, to 70 cm tall. Leaves linear to oblanceolate, 3 cm long x 8 mm wide. Petals-4, narrowly oblong-elliptic, 12 mm pale yellow, 12 mm, 4 mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Robert N. Nelson
Collection Date: Oct 4, 1996
Specimen number: 6
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 1086
Accession Date: Oct 4, 1996
Accession Number: 94
Annotations: SCXRB (In flower)