Family |
Hypericaceae
Hypericum scabrum
L.
Hypericum scabrum L.
(Cent. 1: 25; 1755. — Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, p. 523; 1969)
• Life-form & habit: Glabrous perennial, 50–100 cm tall. Stems erect, reddish, covered with fine spinulose glands; branches similar.
• Leaves: Sessile, oblong-linear to linear, somewhat convolute, especially in axillary fascicles; densely covered with raised, spiny glands; concolorous; punctuations translucent.
• Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal corymb compact and showy. Bracts entire, membranous. Calyx one-third corolla length, divided to one-third or half into ovate to oblong sepals, entire or fringed, with or without glands. Corolla yellow, 3× longer than calyx.
• Fruit: Capsule acuminate, three times longer than calyx, with 3 carpels, each 2-seeded.
• Phenology: Flowers May–July .
• Habitat & elevation: Forests, mainly at altitude.
• Lebanese distribution: Mm. Ma‘asser ech-Chouf, Cedars of Barouk, Jabal Barouk, Khan Sannine, Grottes de la Qadisha, Les Cèdres, Dimane, Hasroun, Ehden and its forest .
• Syrian distribution: Anti-Lebanon (N of Bloudane); Djebel Druz (Tell Qpuleib) .
• Native range: According to Mouterde: “Asie antérieure” (Western Asia) . POWO refines this to: Greece, Turkey, Armenia, Caucasus, Iran, Lebanon–Syria, Palestine, Central Asia.