OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Rosids: Malvids: Malvales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Crocanthemum bicknellii   FAMILY Cistaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum bicknellii   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Crocanthemum bicknellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6 (2015)

Crocanthemum bicknellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)

Helianthemum bicknellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-02-006:

Helianthemum bicknellii   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Crocanthemum bicknellii

 

COMMON NAME:
Hoary Frostweed, Plains Frostweed, Plains Sunrose, Bicknell's Hoary Rockrose


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image of Crocanthemum bicknellii, Hoary Frostweed, Plains Frostweed, Plains Sunrose, Bicknell's Hoary Rockrose

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_crma17_001_lvd

        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Crocanthemum bicknellii   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Helianthemum bicknellii   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Crocanthemum bicknellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 6
Crocanthemum bicknellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Helianthemum bicknellii

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 129-02-006:
Helianthemum bicknellii   FAMILY Cistaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Crocanthemum bicknellii

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3281

Forb
Perennial

Habitat: woodlands, glades, barrens, rock outcrops, grassy balds, serpentine grasslands, to at least 1500m in elevation, per Weakley's Flora

Native to North Carolina & Georgia

Rare

map
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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellow
5 petals in chasmogamous flowers/ petals absent in cleistogamous flowers
Numerous stamens in chasmogamous flowers/ few in cleistogamous flowers
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Capsule

 

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