Hypericum hircinum subsp. albimontanum (Nomenclature)
Plant c. 0-5-1 m tall, with stems erect. Leaves 30-45 x 12-35 mm, broadly ovate to ovate-lanceolate, apiculate or obtuse to rounded, margin plane or usually ± markedly crisped-undulate, base cordate to cuneate or shortly angustate, goat-scented. Flowers 28-40 mm in diam. Petals 18-20 x 10 mm. Styles 14-21 mm long. Capsule 5-8 x 5-6 mm.
Greece (Peloponnisos: Mt. Malevo), Crete, Kikladhes (Andhros), Dhodhekanisos (Samos), Cyprus.
The relatively broad leaves with crisped-undulate margin of typical H. hircinum subsp. albimontanum appear quite distinct from those of subsp. majus. There are specimens, however (e.g. Reverchon 7.vii.l883, from Malaxa, Crete), in which these characters are less pronounced; and true subsp. majus occurs in eastern Crete and in Rhodes.