PLANTS Profile for Helianthemum carolinianum (Carolina frostweed)

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Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.
Carolina frostweed

Symbol:

HECA4

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cistaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Photo of Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.

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Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.

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Synonyms:
Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.

CRCA16

Crocanthemum carolinianum (Walter) Spach

Distribution:
Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.


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USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, SC, TX)

Related Taxa:
Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.

View 6 genera in Cistaceae, 15 species in Helianthemum

Classification:
Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Violales
Family	Cistaceae – Rock-rose family
Genus	Helianthemum Mill. – frostweed
Species	Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx. – Carolina frostweed

More Accounts and Images:
Helianthemum carolinianum (Walter) Michx.

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 22260.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/20/2013 02:42 AM CDT