Crocanthemum carolinianum
| Crocanthemum carolinianum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Cistaceae |
| Genus: | Crocanthemum |
| Species: | C. carolinianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Crocanthemum carolinianum (Walter) Spach (1836)[1] | |
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Crocanthemum carolinianum, commonly referred to as Carolina frostweed or Carolina sunrose, is a flowering plant that grows in the southeastern United States. Flowers have five bright yellow petals.[2]
Helianthemum carolinianum is a synonym for it.
Areas where it grows include southern Alabama[2] and the northern half of the Florida peninsula and Florida Panhandle.[3]
It is in the Cistaceae (rock-rose) family.[4]
C. carolinianum are perennials with alternately arranged leaves. The leaves are elliptic to obovate in shape, and reach a length of 2 to 5 centimeters (0.8 to 2.0 in).[5]
Ecology
Crocanthemum carolinianum is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Ceratina, Lasioglossum reticulatum, and Lasioglossum tegulare/puteulanum. [6]
References
- ↑ "Crocanthemum carolinianum (Walter) Spach". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
- 1 2 "Crocanthemum carolinianum - Species Page - APA: Alabama Plant Atlas".
- ↑ "Crocanthemum carolinianum - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants.
- ↑ "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin". www.wildflower.org.
- ↑ 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. 718-9. Print.
- ↑ Ulyshen, M. D., K. Robertson, S. Horn, and C. Dixon. 2024. Characterization of the bee community and pollination network in a southeastern U.S. pine savanna. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 12:1403602.