Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum buckleyi M.A.Curtis sect. Myriandra |
Bibliography | Amer. J. Sci. Arts 44: 80 (1843) |
Native Range | se. USA (s. Appalachian Mts.) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocks |
Altitude | 900-1600m |
Description | branches erect, four-square, reddish, leaves orbiculate, adaxially blue-green, abaxially pale, in autumn redden, flowers 1-3, large; deciduous |
Size | 5-45cm |
Color | 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 |
Territory | 7 Northern America 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (GEO Georgia, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina) |