Hypericum olympicum L.

Taxonomy: Fam. Clusiaceae// Genus: Hypericum// Species: Hypericum olympicum L. The classification is given according to the Euro+Med PlanBase (Marhold, 2011).

Determined according to the botanical key provided in The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia (Micevski, 1995).

Lifeform: Perennial; Hemicryptophyte according to the Raunkiær system.

Distribution: Native from Balkan Peninsula to Turkey according to the distribution information by the Plants of the World Online portal (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).

Habitat: Open and dry habitats- rocky terrains, grassland, edges and clearings of forests.

Flowering period: Summer: JUN, JUL.

Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – stems with flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowers. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flower with calyx. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – spent flower. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – lower part of plant- stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – stem with cauline leaves. Osogovo, mountain ridge between lake “Gradche” and the gorge of “Orizarska” River, 04.07.2021. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit in habitat. Southern foot of Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo , hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – habit. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowering stems. Southern foot of Osogovo Mountains, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowering stems. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – upper part of flowering stems with flowers. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowers. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowers. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flower. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovs
Hypericum olympicum – flower. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowers. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – flowers. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – spent flower with developing fruiting capsule. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.
Hypericum olympicum – plant base and stems with cauline leaves. Osogovo, hills in the vicinity of Kochani, 10.07.2020. Photo by Trajche Dimitrovski.

References:

Hypericum olympicum L. Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:433682-1 [Accessed 14.12.2021].

Hypericum olympicum. Marhold, K. (2011): Clusiaceae. – In: Euro+Med Plantbase – the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity. Published on the Internet http://ww2.bgbm.org/EuroPlusMed/PTaxonDetail.asp?NameCache=Hypericum%20olympicum&PTRefFk=7200000 [Accessed 14.12.2021].

Micevski, K. (1995). The Flora of the Republic of Macedonia Vol. I, Book 3. Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

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