Hypericum hypericoides

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Species Distribution Map
Family:HYPERICACEAE
Species:Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz
Common Name:St. Andrew's Cross
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Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Shrub
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:HYHY
Plant Notes:St. Andrew's Cross is a native perennial sub-shrub in the St John’s Wort family (Hypericaceae). It can be found throughout Alabama. It occurs in dry to moist woodlands, along fence rows, on roadsides, and in thickets. It is a woody perennial with a tap root. The stems are 1-3 feet in height, erect to decumbent, branched, 2-winged, with papery reddish-brown bark. Leaves are opposite, sessile, oblanceolate to elliptic or linear in outline, entire, and deciduous or evergreen. There are often fascicles of smaller leaves in the axils. Flowers are produced in 1-3 flowered inflorescences from the axils of the leaves near the apex of the stems. Each flower has 4 un-equal sepals enclosing it, the outer two sepals large and ovate, the inner smaller and lanceolate. Each flower has 4 bright yellow petals in the shape of an “X”. The fruit is a capsule enclosed within the sepals. St. Andrew’s Cross plants is occasionally available from nurseries that specialize in native plants. It flowers throughout the summer, and its flowers are visited by native bees. It prefers a sandy, well-draining soil in full to partial sun, and can be used as a low growing border or in mixed plantings.—A. Diamond.
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC (NWI)
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Specimen: View specimen details in the Alabama Herbarium Consortium Specimen Database

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Classification

FamilyHYPERICACEAE - St Johns Wort family
Genus Hypericum
Species Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz - St. Andrew's Cross

Citation

Citation Hypericum hypericoides (Linnaeus) Crantz, Inst. Rei Herb. 2: 520. 1766.
Basionym: Ascyrum hypericoides L. 1753.
Type: JAMAICA: Without data, Browne s.n. (neotype: LINN 944.2). Neotypified by W. P. Adams, Rhodora 59: 82-83. 1957.

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Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Ascyrum crux-andreae var. angustifolium Ascyrum crux-andreae Linnaeus, var. angustifolium Nuttall, Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 16. 1818.  
Ascyrum hypericoides var. oblongifolium Ascyrum hypericoides Linnaeus, var. oblongifolium (Spach) Fernald, Rhodora 38: 433. 1936.Ascyrum oblongifolium Spach 1836. 
Ascyrum hypericoides var. angustifolium Ascyrum hypericoides Linnaeus, var. angustifolium (Nuttall) Kearney, Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 5: 533. 1901.Ascyrum crux-andreae Linnaeus, var. angustifolium Nuttall 1818. 
Ascyrum hypericoides var. typicum Ascyrum hypericoides Linnaeus, var. typicum Fernald, Rhodora 38: 432. 1936, nom. inadmiss.Ascyrum hypericoides Linnaeus 1753. 
Ascyrum macrosepalum Ascyrum macrosepalum S. Brown, in Britton, J. New York Bot. Gard. 13: 192. 1912. BERMUDA: Paget Marsh, s.d., Brown & Britton 1136 (holotype: NY).
Ascyrum michauxii Ascyrum michauxii Spach, Hist. Nat. Veg. 5: 460. 1836.  
Ascyrum montanum Ascyrum montanum Rafinesque, Sylva Tellur. 116. 1838. JAMAICA
Ascyrum oblongifolium Ascyrum oblongifolium Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 461. 1836.  
Ascyrum plumieri Ascyrum plumieri Bertoloni, Mem. Reale Accad. Sci. Ist. Bologna 4: 77. 1853.  
Ascyrum hypericoides Ascyrum hypericoides Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 788. 1753. JAMAICA: Without data, Browne s.n. (neotype: LINN 944.2). Neotypified by W. P. Adams, Rhodora 59: 82-83. 1957.
Ascyrum linifolium Ascyrum linifolium Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. 5: 469. 1836. LOUISIANA

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Baldwin, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chambers, Cherokee, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Cullman, Dale, Dallas, DeKalb, Escambia, Etowah, Fayette, Franklin, Geneva, Greene, Hale, Henry, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lamar, Lawrence, Lee, Limestone, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marion, Marshall, Mobile, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Tuscaloosa, Walker, Wilcox, Winston

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, SAMF, TROY, UNA, USAM, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1896 - 1997

Barcode / Accession No.
County
Coll. Date
Collector &
Collection No.
Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used
Image
AUA_ACC_44762 Autauga 27 Sep 1977 DUPREE, W.G.
013		 AUA
HYPERICUM HYPERICOIDES (L.) CRANTZ
AUA_ACC_39173 Autauga 13 Aug 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
1000		 AUA
HYPERICUM HYPERICOIDES (L.) CRANTZ
UNA00034133 Autauga 13 Aug 1982 Gunn, Scott C.
1000		 UNA
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz
AUA_ACC_39176 Autauga 18 Aug 1982 GUNN, SCOTT C.
1093		 AUA
HYPERICUM HYPERICOIDES (L.) CRANTZ
TROY000021590 Autauga 06 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3123		 TROY
Hypericum hypericoides (Linnaeus) Crantz
UWAL0007235 Autauga 06 Oct 2006 Keener, Brian R.
3123		 UWAL
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz
TROY000044624 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
47		 TROY
Hypericum hypericoides (Linnaeus) Crantz
UWAL0046734 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
127		 UWAL
Hypericum hypericoides (Linnaeus) Crantz
TROY000045744 Autauga 29 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
127		 TROY
Hypericum hypericoides (Linnaeus) Crantz
TROY000044644 Autauga 03 Nov 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
281		 TROY
Hypericum hypericoides (Linnaeus) Crantz
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