Hypericum hircinum L. subsp. cambessedesii (Coss ex Barceló) Sauvage

Family: GUTTIFERAE

Genus: Hypericum

Sinònims: Hypericum hircinum L. var. cambessedesii (Coss. ex Barceló) Á. Ramos Hypericum hircinum L. var. minus Aiton

Province distribution: Balearic Islands.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Mediterranean (Balearic)

IUCN Category: VUVulnerable

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Nanophanerophyte.

Habitats: Non-saline wetlands (intermittent watercourses, streams, artesian wells, ditches). Intermittent watercourse of the mountains.

Characteristics: A bush that can reach up to a metre and a half in height, with very long, yet almost never dense branches. The young branches are turgid with four well-marked lines. Leaves are slightly coriaceous and are opposed to each other in position. Unlike other Hypericum species, this plant has very few glands. Flowers are yellow and bloom at the end of spring and throughout summer. This plant can always be found in the mountain torrents of Mallorca