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Hypericum hypericoides (St. Andrew's cross; St. Andrews cross)

Synonyms: Ascyrum hypericoides var. typicum; Hypericum hypericoides var. hypericoides

Wikipedia Abstract

Hypericum hypericoides, commonly called St. Andrew's cross, is a species of flowering plant in the St. John's wort family, Hypericaceae. It is native to the Southeastern United States, Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. Its preferred habitat is dry woods on acidic soil. It is an erect shrub that produces yellow flowers with four petals.
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Infraspecies

Hypericum hypericoides hypericoides
Hypericum hypericoides multicaule (St. Andrew's cross)
Hypericum hypericoides prostratum

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Flower Type [2]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [2]  Contact with the sap can cause photosensitivity in sensitive people;
Leaf Type [2]  Deciduous
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Pollinators [2]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Shrub
Height [2]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
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Protected Areas

Habitat Vegetation Classification

Name Location  Website 
Atlantic Coastal Plain Longleaf Sandhill Scrub United States (South Carolina, North Carolina)
Atlantic Inner Coastal Plain Yellow Sand Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
Carolina Longleaf Pine / Mixed Scrub Oak Sandhill United States (North Carolina)
Fall-line Sandhills Dry Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (North Carolina, South Carolina)
Florida Red Hills Submesic Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia, Florida)
Georgia Dry Longleaf Pine - Scrub Oak Sand Woodland United States (Georgia)
Georgia Outer Coastal Plain Subxeric Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (Georgia)
Longleaf Pine / Turkey Oak Woodland United States (Florida, Alabama)
Northern Florida Peninsula Longleaf Pine / Red Oak Woodland United States (Florida)
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill United States (Florida)
South Atlantic Dry Longleaf Pine Sandhill United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
South Atlantic Sandhills Subxeric Silty Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
South Carolina Central Longleaf Woodland United States (Georgia, South Carolina)
Southern Inner Coastal Plain Silty Longleaf Pine / Sand Post Oak Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)
Xeric Upper East Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Pine Woodland United States (South Carolina, Georgia)

Predators

Aonidomytilus hyperici (hypericum scale)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0