Family | HYPERICACEAE |
Genus species | Hypericum sinaicum Hochst. ex Boiss. sect. Caprifolia |
Bibliography | Fl. Orient. 1: 808 (1867) |
Native Range | sw. Jordan to Sinai and nw. Saudi Arabia |
Primary Biome | Subtropical |
Habitat | shady rocks |
Altitude | 900-2400m |
Description | grey sericeous, woody-based, stems numerous, leaves elliptic, translucent punctate, cymes few flowered, terminal, glabrous, producing corymb |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | |
Type | subshrub |
Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices alpine house, humous, gravelly soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 10-16°C cuttings in late summer |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 34 Western Asia (PAL Palestine, SIN Sinai) 35 Arabian Peninsula (SAU Saudi Arabia) |