Hypericum crux-andreae

Classification	Dicots
Family	Hypericaceae
Family (Traditional)
Genus	Hypericum
Species:	Hypericum crux-andreae (L.) Crantz
Common Name	St. Peterswort
Growth Habit	forb
Plant Notes	**
Characteristics	Armaments: No; Milky Sap: No; Photosynthetic: Yes; Stipules: No; Woody Herbaceous: Herbaceous; Natural Area Presence: BE; Natural Area Presence: GILES; Natural Area Presence: LGS; Natural Area Presence: LRC; Natural Area Presence: LULA; Natural Area Presence: ObedWSR; Natural Area Presence: SGSNA; Duration: Perennial; General Ecology: Terrestrial; Growth Habit: forb; Moisture Requirements: Mesic-Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Hydric; Moisture Requirements: Wetland; Region of Origin: North America; Reproductive Phenology: June; Reproductive Phenology: July; Reproductive Phenology: August; Reproductive Phenology: September; Reproductive Phenology: October; Leaf Arrangement: opposite; Leaf Complexity: simple; Leaf Dissection: 0; Leaf Fragrance: No; Leaf Persistance: Deciduous; Leaf Petiole Type: sessile; Leaf Type: broadleaf; Leaf Venation: pinnate; Leaflet Margins: entire; Leaflet Number: 0; Anther Type: Dorsifixed; Base Flower Color: Yellow; Fruit Dehiscence: Yes; Fruit Type: Capsule; Fruit Wet/Dry: Dry; Hypanthium Present: No; Ovary Position: Superior; Overall Flower Symmetry: Actinomorphic; Perianth Present: Yes; Placentation Type: Parietal; Sexuality: monoclinous; Sporangium Arrangement: N/A
C value	7
Status	Native; AGCP (FACW), EMP (FACU) (NWPL); TN[SNR] KY[S2S3] (State Rank); G5 (Global Rank)
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Species Distribution Map

This species has been reported in the counties highlighted in the interactive distribution map below. Click on a county to display the its name. Click the question mark icon () to view additional information about the ecoregions shown. In the map legend, there are links to toggle the visibility of the ecoregions and/or their labels. In addition, clicking on an ecoregion name will highlight that region on the map.

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Ecoregions

Southeastern Plains
- Blackland Prarie
Blue Ridge Mountains
Ridge and Valley
Cumberland Plateau
Cumberland Mountains
Allegheny Plateau

Interior Plateau
- Bluegrass Region
- Nashville Basin
- Pennyroyal Karst Plain
- Western Highland Rim
- Eastern Highland Rim

Interior River Valleys and Hills
- Shawnee / Caseyville Hills
Mississippi Alluvial Plain
Mississippi Valley Loess Plains
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Synonyms

No synonyms exist for this species.

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.

Counties included on distribution map: Clinton (KY), McCreary (KY), Pulaski (KY), Russell (KY), Whitley (KY), Bledsoe (TN), Coffee (TN), Cumberland (TN), Fentress (TN), Franklin (TN), Giles (TN), Grundy (TN), Hamilton (TN), Lawrence (TN), Lewis (TN), McMinn (TN), Marion (TN), Moore (TN), Morgan (TN), Overton (TN), Polk (TN), Putnam (TN), Scott (TN), Sequatchie (TN), Van Buren (TN), Warren (TN), White (TN)

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: APSC, BEREA, EKY, HTTU, KNK, MTSU, TENN, UCHT, UOS

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1979 - 2017

Accession No. (click for full details)	County	State	Coll. Date	Collector & Collection No.	Herbarium & Herbarium Name Used
31234100733425	Pulaski	Kentucky		Landon E. Mckinney	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100733433	Whitley	Kentucky		Landon E. Mckinney	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488442	McCreary	Kentucky		Max E. Medley	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0149601	McCreary	Kentucky			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148218	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148197	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148228	White	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148208	Lewis	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148175	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148216	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
UCHT020570	Moore	Tennessee			UCHT Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0011834	Moore	Tennessee	31 Jul 2002	Dwayne Estes 03816	APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0098145	Moore	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0099496	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488541	Cumberland	Tennessee	07 Jul 1987	Ronald L. Jones 5090	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488491	Pulaski	Kentucky		John Richard Abbott	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148184	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148225	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148227	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148192	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148214	Polk	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148186	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148190	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148188	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148204	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
UCHT020571	Moore	Tennessee			UCHT Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0081035	Pulaski	Kentucky	20 Aug 1979	Max Medley	APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0100978	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488434	Clinton	Kentucky		Robert F. C. Naczi	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488467	Pulaski	Kentucky		John Richard Abbott	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148182	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148205	Hamilton	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148219	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148226	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148221	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148180	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148189	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148217	Scott	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148206	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0100261	Pulaski	Kentucky			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0051010	Moore	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0112349	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488558	Grundy	Tennessee	01 Jul 1987	Ronald L. Jones 4979	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488533	Coffee	Tennessee	17 Jul 2001	Dwayne Estes 2630	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148185	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148222	Van Buren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148213	Overton	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148220	Sequatchie	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148224	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148231	White	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148203	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148230	White	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148199	Giles	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0100972	Franklin	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
HTTU021132	Cumberland	Tennessee			HTTU Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488459	McCreary	Kentucky		Ronald L. Jones	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100756061	Russell	Kentucky		H. Housman	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
BEREA015229	Pulaski	Kentucky			BEREA Hypericum crux-andreae
BEREA015230	Pulaski	Kentucky			BEREA Hypericum crux-andreae
BEREA015231	Pulaski	Kentucky			BEREA Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148215	Putnam	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148211	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0092950	Warren	Tennessee	10 Oct 2017	Mason Brock	APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0049292	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0077254	Warren	Tennessee	01 Aug 1987	Max Medley	APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0077247	McCreary	Kentucky			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0073035	Cumberland	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
MTSU012945	Coffee	Tennessee	18 Jul 1996	Landon E. McKinney 6711	MTSU Hypericum crux-andreae
UOS03309	Franklin	Tennessee	09 Jul 2008	Jon Evans	UOS Hypericum crux-andreae
UOS03308	Van Buren	Tennessee	01 Aug 2001	Chris A.Fleming	UOS Hypericum crux-andreae
31234100488475	Russell	Kentucky		H. Housman	EKY Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148200	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148209	McMinn	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148202	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148201	Grundy	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148193	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148207	Lawrence	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0091219	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0068882	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
HTTU021133	White	Tennessee			HTTU Hypericum crux-andreae
UOS03311	Marion	Tennessee	05 Aug 1996	Landon E. McKinney	UOS Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148179	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148196	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148229	White	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148191	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148210	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148194	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148212	Morgan	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148178	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0099448	Putnam	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
HTTU017432	White	Tennessee			HTTU Hypericum crux-andreae
UOS03310	Franklin	Tennessee	30 Jul 1998	Mary P. Priestley	UOS Hypericum crux-andreae
31973000009067	Clinton	Kentucky			KNK Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148181	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148183	Coffee	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148223	Warren	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148198	Franklin	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148176	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148177	Bledsoe	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148187	Cumberland	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
TENN-V-0148195	Fentress	Tennessee			TENN Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0074780	Coffee	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae
APSC0073034	White	Tennessee			APSC Hypericum crux-andreae

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