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Pinebarren Sun Rose

Crocanthemum corymbosum

Also called Pine Barren Frostweed

Pinebarren Sun Rose
Photo: Mark A. Garland, Public domain

Pinebarren sun rose is a low perennial or subshrub native to sandy pine barrens and scrub of the southeastern US coastal plain. It thrives in open, sunny, well-drained sandy sites and tolerates fire.

Family
Cistaceae (Cist family)
Grows as
Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; it tolerates dry sandy conditions and resents soggy soil.
Soil
Sandy, acidic, very well-drained soil.
Temperature
18–30 °C; hardy in warm temperate and subtropical zones, protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. U.S.A.
Climate
subtropical

About

Crocanthemum corymbosum, commonly called pine barren frostweed, is a species of perennial herb or subshrub endemic to the U.S. southeast coastal plain in the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Mississippi.

Where it grows

It occurs in sandy, fire-dependent habitats of the southeast including sandhill, dry flatwoods, and scrub.

Other Crocanthemum plants

Carolina Frostweed · Bushy Frostweed · Island Rush Rose · Florida Scrub Frostweed · Bisbee Peak Rush Rose · Frostweed · Longbranch frostweed · Low frostweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Crocanthemum corymbosum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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