Authors: C. Stace, R. van der Meijden (ed.) & I. de Kort (ed.)
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Scientific name:

Hypericum xylosteifolium

Vernacular name:

Tutsan, Turkish


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Scientific name: Hypericum xylosteifolium (Spach) N. Robson

Diagnostic features
Thicket-forming, evergreen, glabrous shrub.
Stems to 1.5m, erect, much-branched, 4-lined.
Flowers 1.5-3cm across.
Stamens c. as long as petals.

Chromosome number: (2n=40).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized.

Distribution
Sometimes grown in gardens and naturalized in 3 shady places in West Lancs and Midwest Yorks; Caucasus.

This species is keyed out on Page 3868 in the Text Key.

Hypericum xylosteifolium
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