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.
Helianthemum carolinianum is a synonym for it.
Areas where it grows include southern Alabama and the northern half of the Florida peninsula and Florida Panhandle.
It is in the Cistaceae (rock-rose) family.
C. carolinianum are perennials with alternately arranged leaves. The leaves are elliptic to obovate in shape, and reach a length of .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.
Ecology Crocanthemum carolinianum is insect pollinated and is recorded to have been visited in northern Florida by Ceratina, Lasioglossum reticulatum, and Lasioglossum tegulare/puteulanum. 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.
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