Hypericum aegypticum subsp. aegypticum (Nomenclature)
Diagnostic description:
Plant spreading, 0.05-0.18 m tall, with branches spreading and tortuous, forming low bushes. Leaves shortly (0.4-0.5 mm) petiolate, always(?) incurved-cucullate; lamina 3-6 x 1-2 mm, narrowly oblong to broadly elliptic, acute. Sepals 3.5-5 mm long. Petals 6.5-9 mm long.
Distribution:
Libya (Cyrenaica - Jebel el Akhdar).
Notes:
Although the type is said to be from 'Aegypto', there is no likely habitat for H. aegypticum in the Mediterranean part of Egypt. Linnaeus's own figure shows a small-leaved plant that matches those in the Libyan population. It is thus all but certain that the type comes from Jebel el Akhdar.