Hypericum aegypticum
The story
In 1753, the famous botanist Carl Linnaeus published the second volume of his Species Plantarum. Within its pages, he introduced this coastal plant to the scientific world, naming it after Egypt. Yet, this moniker remains a geographical mystery, as the species is not found in Egypt at all, but rather makes its home among the limestone rocks of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
- Family
- Hypericaceae
How to use it
This species, commonly known as shrubby St. John's wort or Egyptian St. John's wort, is a flowering plant that naturally grows among limestone rocks in coastal areas of the Eastern Mediterranean.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org
About
Hypericum aegypticum is a species of flowering plant of the St. John's wort family (Hypericaceae) which is native to the Eastern Mediterranean. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in the second volume of his Species Plantarum in 1753, who named it after Egypt despite it not being distributed there. The plant is commonly known as shrubby St. John's wort or Egyptian St. John's wort in English. Like other members of section Adenotrias, it is found among limestone rocks in coastal areas. While it has been evaluated as threatened on the island of Malta, the species has no legal protections.
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Hypericum aegypticum
- Slug
- hypericum-aegypticum
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Hypericaceae
- Genus
- Hypericum
- Species
- aegypticum
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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