Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum bryoides Gleason sect. Brathys |
Bibliography | Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 56: 103 (1929) |
Native Range | ne. Colombia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 3000-4200m |
Description | leaves sessile, imbricate, 4-rowed, linear-subulate, acute or obtuse, at base dilated and vaginate, flowers solitary, terminal, 6-8mm, petals obovate |
Size | 9-15cm |
Color | bright yellow |
Bloom | summer |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 8 Southern America 83 Western South America (CLM Colombia) |