Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum reptans Hook.f. & Thomson ex Dyer sect. Ascyreia |
Bibliography | Fl. Brit. India [J.D.Hooker] 1: 255 (1874) |
Native Range | sc. China to e. & c. Himalaya and n. Myanmar |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
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 | 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 |
Synonyms | Hypericum reptans ssp. ogisui N.Robson |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 36 China (CHC China South-Central, CHT Tibet) 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent (EHM East Himalaya, NEP Nepal) 41 Indo-China (MYA Myanmar) |