Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum nanum Poir. sect. Arthrophyllum |
Bibliography | Encycl. [J.B.A.M.de Lamarck] Suppl. 3: 699 (1814) |
Native Range | Lebanon to sw. Syria and Israel |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | rocky slopes |
Altitude | 900-1800m |
Description | glabrous, leaves minute, ovate or orbiculate, translucently punctate, flowers 3-9 in terminal cymes, sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, eglandular |
Size | 15-30cm |
Color | bright 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 |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (LBS Lebanon-Syria, PAL Palestine) |