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Hypericum empetrifolium Willd. sect. Coridium 
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FamilyHYPERICACEAE
Genus speciesHypericum empetrifolium Willd. sect. Coridium
BibliographySp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1452 (1803)
Native Rangen. Albania to c. & s. Greece and w. Turkey, ne. Lybia
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatrocks
Altitude0-2000m
Descriptionbranches thin, angular, leaves small, linear, verticillate of 3, grey-green, with revolute margins, flowers 12-20mm across, in open, paniculate cluster
Size10-50cm
Colorpale yellow
Bloomspring, early summer
Ca+
Typesubshrub
Cultivationsunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet
alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun
Propagationseed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C
cuttings in late summer
Territory1 Europe
     13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, GRC Greece, KRI Kriti)
2 Africa
     20 Northern Africa (LBY Libya)
3 Asia-Temperate
     34 Western Asia (EAI East Aegean Is., TUR Turkey)
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