Hypericum hypericoides

{{short description|Species of flowering plant in the St John's wort family Hypericaceae}}

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| image = Hypericum hypericoides Arkansas.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Bárrios, S. |author2=Copeland, A. |date=2021 |title=Hypericum hypericoides |page=e.T192160451A192160453 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T192160451A192160453.en |access-date=26 November 2022}}

| genus = Hypericum

| parent = Hypericum subsect. Ascyrum

| species = hypericoides

| authority = (L.) Crantz

| synonyms =

• Ascyrum hypericoides L.
• Hypericoides perforata Poir.

| synonyms_ref =  {{cite web |url=http://hypericum.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/910 |title=Hypericum hypericoides (L.) Cr. |work=Hypericum online |access-date=21 February 2016}}

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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm|title=Flora of the Southern and Mid-Atlantic States|author=Alan S. Weakley|publisher=Herbarium.unc.edu|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-date=6 October 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181006082209/http://herbarium.unc.edu/flora.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Hypericum%20hypericoides.png|format=PNG|title=Floristic synthesis map|publisher=Bonap.net|access-date=7 December 2014}} Its preferred habitat is dry woods on acidic soil. It is a small shrub or shrublet that produces yellow flowers with four petals.{{Cite web|url=http://hypericum.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/910|title=Hypericum hypericoides|website=hypericum.myspecies.info|access-date=2018-10-21}} 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.{{Cite web |title=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 |url=https://uswildflowers.com/detail.php?SName=Hypericum%20hypericoides%20ssp%20multicaule |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=USWildflowers.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Hypericum stragulum (multi-stemmed St. John's-wort, St. Andrew's cross): Go Botany |url=https://gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org/species/hypericum/stragulum/ |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=gobotany.nativeplanttrust.org}}