• Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Ginny Stibolt, Ixia Chapter FNPS

Hypericum hypericoides

St. Andrew's-cross

Nomenclature

Common Name:

St. Andrew's-cross

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Genus species:

Hypericum hypericoides

Family:

Clusiaceae

Plant Specifics

Form:

shrub

Size:

3-4 ft tall by 3 ft wide

Life Span:

Long-lived perennial

Flower Color:

yellow

Fruit Color:

brown

Phenology:

Evergreen. Blooms summer-fall.

Noted For:

Showy Flowers, Interesting Foliage, Interesting Bark

Landscaping

Recommended Uses:

Mass plantings, small specimen shrubs

Considerations:

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Moisture Tolerance:

Always Flooded---------------------------------Extremely Dry

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Usually moist, occasional inundation -to- Not wet but not extremely dry

Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:

Unknown

Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Soil or Other Substrate:

Sand

Soil pH:

Circumneutral

Suitable to Grow In:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Ecology

Wildlife:

Pollinators

Attracts insect pollinators, especially bees.  

Foliage and seeds are food sources for birds and mammals.

Native Habitats:

Hammock,mesic to dry mesic hardwood or mixed pine forest, flatwoods, floodplains, ruderal areas, sandhill, wet calcareous hammocks, secondary woods.

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