Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum reptans Hook.f. & Thomson ex Dyer sect. Ascyreia |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 2500-4500m |
Description | branches glabrous, angulate, rooting, leaves crowded, small, oval, obtuse, in autumn russet, flowers solitary, terminal, red in buds |
Size | 5-10cm |
Color | golden yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | procumbent shrub |
Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory |
Asia-Temperate
China Asia-Tropical Indian Subcontinent (East Himalaya , Nepal ) Indo-China |
Bibliography | Plants of the World online powo.science.kew.org International Plant Names Index www.ipni.org |
Comments | HYPERICACEAE
reptans ogisui N.Robson, Phytotaxa 72: 8 (2012)
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