Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum empetrifolium Willd. sect. Coridium |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1452 (1803) |
Native Range | n. Albania to c. & s. Greece and w. Turkey, ne. Lybia |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 0-2000m |
Description | branches thin, angular, leaves small, linear, verticillate of 3, grey-green, with revolute margins, flowers 12-20mm across, in open, paniculate cluster |
Size | 10-50cm |
Color | pale yellow |
Bloom | spring, early summer |
Ca | + |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 1 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) |