Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-644.23.03
Hypericum aegypticum
English: Egyptian Saint John's wort; Dwarf Saint John's wort.
Region: Malta, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, and Libya.
Habitat: limestone rocks, scree in valleys in coastal areas; sea level to 1600 meters above sea level.
Taxonomy
Hypericum aegypticum is in the section Adenotrias of the genus Hypericum.
Botany
Evergreen shrub or shrublet; 2 meters tall
Flowers during the summer; sepals ovate with pointed tips, yellow-green, sometimes a reddish tip; 5-6 mmm long.