| Family | HYPERICACEAE |
| Genus species | Hypericum elegans Stephan ex Willd. sect. Hypericum |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. ed. 4. 3: 1469 (1803) |
| Native Range | c. Europe to c. Siberia and Turkey |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocky slopes |
| Altitude | 0-500m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves translucently punctate, on margins black punctate, at base cordate, lanceolate, obtuse, margins subrevolute, flowers in panicle, calyx glandular |
| Size | 20-45cm |
| 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 | Hypericopsis elegans (Stephan ex Willd.) Opiz Hypericum anagallidifolium C.Presl Hypericum elegans var. pectinatum Čelak. Hypericum elegans var. stepposum Savul. & Rayss Hypericum hyssopifolium var. pauciglandulosum Choisy Hypericum kohlianum Spreng. Hypericum kotoliani Bellardi ex Colla |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (BLR Belarus, RUC Central European Russia, RUE East European Russia, RUS South European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 30 Siberia (ALT Altay, KRA Krasnoyarsk, WSB West Siberia) 33 Caucasus (NCS North Caucasus, TCS Transcaucasus) 34 Western Asia (TUR Turkey) |