Hypericum hypericoides

Hypericum hypericoides
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Hypericaceae
Genus:	Hypericum
Subsection:	H. subsect. Ascyrum
Species:	H. hypericoides
Binomial name
Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Crantz
Synonyms   [2]
Ascyrum hypericoidesL. Hypericoides perforataPoir.

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. ^{[3] [4]} Its preferred habitat is dry woods on acidic soil.

It is a small shrub or shrublet that produces yellow flowers with four petals. ^[5] Individuals are between 3 and 10 decimeters (approximately 1 to 3.3 feet) in height. Leaves range in shape between linear, elliptic, and oblanceolate in shape, and reach a length between 8 and 26 millimeters long. ^[6]

There are, according to some classifications, 2 subspecies, hypericoides and multicaule. However, the latter of these is usually classified as a separate species, Hypericum stragulum . ^{[7] [8]}

References

1. Bárrios, S.; Copeland, A. (2021). "Hypericum hypericoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T192160451A192160453. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192160451A192160453.en . Retrieved 26 November 2022.
2. "Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Cr". Hypericum online. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
3. Alan S. Weakley. "Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States". Herbarium.unc.edu. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
4. "Floristic synthesis map" (PNG). Bonap.net. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
5. "Hypericum hypericoides". hypericum.myspecies.info. Retrieved 2018-10-21.
6. Radford, Albert E., Harry E. Ahles, and C. Ritchie Bell. Manual of the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas. 1964, 1968. The University of North Carolina Press. 709-713. Print.
7. "US Wildflower - Reclining St. Andrew's Cross, Multi-stem St. Andrew's-cross, Low St. John's-wort, Straggling St. John's-wort, Decumbent St. Andrew's Cross - Hypericum hypericoides ssp multicaule". USWildflowers.com. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
8. "Hypericum stragulum (multi-stemmed St. John's-wort, St. Andrew's cross): Go Botany". gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org. Retrieved 2023-02-24.