Hypericum hircinum subsp. majus (Nomenclature)
Diagnostic description:
Plant (0-5- )1- 1.5 m tall, with stems erect or ascending. Leaves 30-75 x (10-) 14-32 mm, narrowly ovate to lanceolate or triangular-lanceolate, acute to obtuse or more rarely rounded, margin plane, base subcordate to rounded, goat-scented. Flowers 25-40 mm in diam. Petals (13)15-21 mm long. Styles (13)15-24 mm long. Capsule 8-14 x 5-7 mm.
Distribution:
N. and S. Spain, SW. France, NW. and SW. Italy and adjacent islands, N. Sicily, Crete, Rhodes, S. Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, N. Israel, Saudi Arabia (Asir). Naturalised elsewhere (see p. xxx).