Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum horizontale N.Robson sect. Brathys |
Bibliography | Bull. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.), Bot. 16: 81 (1987) |
Native Range | ne. Colombia |
Primary Biome | Montane Tropical |
Habitat | grassland |
Altitude | 2800-4500m |
Description | leaves sessile, patent, linear, coriaceous, apiculate, glandular-punctate on both faces, flowers solitary, terminal 8-12mm, petals obovate |
Size | 3-5cm |
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) |