Hypericum hircinum subsp. metroi (Nomenclature)
Diagnostic description:
Plant 1-3 m tall, with stems spreading to pendent. Leaves c. 50-70 x 16 mm, narrowly ovate or lanceolate to triangular-lanceolate, subacute to obtuse, margin plane, base rounded, not goat-scented. Flowers 30-40 mm in diam. Petals 16-20 mm long. Styles 12-17 mm long. Capsule 10-12 x 7 mm.
Distribution:
Morocco (Moyen Atlas - massif du Tazzeka).
Notes:
Subsp. metroi is very similar to the large-flowered form of subsp. majus from southern Italy, differing essentially from it only in habit and in the absence of scent.