| Family | HYPERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypericum lydium Boiss. sect. Hirtella |
| Bibliography | Diagn. Pl. Orient. 1: 57 (1843) |
| Native Range | Krym, Turkey to Lebanon and w. Iran |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 400-3600m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves punctate, oblong-linear or linear, obtuse, margins revolute, flowers in short, pedunculate cymes, producing short panicle |
| Size | 10-50cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| 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 division in spring; cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hypericum adenocladum Boiss. Hypericum chrysothyrsum (Woronow) Grossh. Hypericum helianthemoides var. nanum R.Keller & Post Hypericum hyssopifolium ssp. chrysothyrsum Woronow Hypericum hyssopifolium ssp. lydium (Boiss.) Woronow Hypericum hyssopifolium var. lydium (Boiss.) Boiss. Hypericum hyssopifolium ssp. ponticum (Lipsky) Woronow Hypericum ponticum Lipsky Hypericum sebasteum Boiss. & Noë |
| Territory | 1 Europe 14 Eastern Europe (KRY Krym) 3 Asia-Temperate 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (IRN Iran, IRQ Iraq, LBS Lebanon-Syria, TUR Turkey) |