Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum origanifolium Willd. sect. Origanifolia |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1467 (1803) |
Native Range | wc. Transcaucasus to nw. Syria and Turkey |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | steppes |
Altitude | 50-2400m |
Description | shortly tomentose-hirsute, leaves translucently and black punctate, sessile, ovate or oblong, obtuse, flowers in compact short raceme, sepals acute, pectinate glandular |
Size | 5-30cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | late spring, summer |
Ca | + |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Hypericum depilatum Freyn & Bornm. Hypericum gheiwense Boiss. Hypericum origanifolium var. willdenowianum C.A.Mey. Hypericum pulverulentum Fenzl |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |