Hypericum ericoides
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| Hypericum ericoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Hypericaceae |
| Genus: | Hypericum |
| Section: | Hypericum sect. Coridium |
| Species: | H. ericoides |
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| Hypericum ericoides | |
Hypericum ericoides is a dwarf shrub in the flowering plant family Hypericaceae,[1] section Coridium. It is found in eastern and southeastern Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia. Its preferred habitat is fissures in calcareous rocks in warm, sunny places, from 200 to 2,000 meters above sea level (MASL).
Hypericum ericoides is an evergreen flowering dwarf shrub whose height is between 2 and 20 centimeters (0.8 and 7.9 in). Its deciduous leaves are whorled in groups of four, are about one-twelfth of an inch long, and have linear-lanceolate and recurved shape with a thin, waxy-grey colored covering, which is called a patina.[2] Its leaves are very much like that of plants from the genus Erica, which is where we get the ericoides of Hypericum ericoides. This species' foliage helps scientists distinguish H. ericoides from other closely related species.[3] It has many thin, erect stems, ranging from 1 to 5 millimeters in width, branching out from a stout, woody base.[2]
Its flowers, which start to bloom in May and continue to bloom throughout summer,[4] range from one to one and a half centimeters in diameter, are often yellow in color, and have five petals.