PLANTS Profile for Hypericum crux-andreae (St. Peterswort)

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PLANTS Profile

Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz
St. Peterswort

Symbol:

HYCR3

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Clusiaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

Ascyrum stans

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Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

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Synonyms:
Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

	ASCR12	Ascyrum crux-andreae L.
	ASCU14	Ascyrum cuneifolium Chapm.
	ASST2	Ascyrum stans Michx. ex Willd.
	HYST3	Hypericum stans (Michx. ex Willd.) P. Adams & N. Robson

Distribution:
Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz


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USA (AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OK, PA, SC, TN, TX, VA)

Related Taxa:
Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

View 8 genera in Clusiaceae, 76 species in Hypericum

Classification:
Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Theales
Family	Clusiaceae – Mangosteen family
Genus	Hypericum L. – St. Johnswort
Species	Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz – St. Peterswort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

This plant and synonym italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Kentucky:
St. Peter's-wort		Threatened
Pennsylvania:
Hypericum stans
St. Peter's-wort		Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

Ascyrum stans:

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FACU,FACW-

FACU

FACW-

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Miller	Minor						Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Miller, J.H., and K.V. Miller. 1999. Forest plants of the southeast and their wildlife uses. Southern Weed Science Society.

More Accounts and Images:
Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503132.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

Time Generated: 01/04/2013 12:13 AM CST