Hypericum sinaicum
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|genus = Hypericum
|parent = Hypericum sect. Adenosepalum
|species = sinaicum
|authority = Hochst. ex Boiss.{{cite web|url=http://eol.org/pages/5708225/data|publisher=eol.org|title=Hypericum sinaicum - Encyclopedia of Life|access-date=2017-03-13}}
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Hypericum sinaicum is a perennial herb in the genus Hypericum, in the section Adenosepalum.Studies in the genus Hypericum L. (Guttiferae) 6. Sections 20. Myriandra to 28. Elodes
Description
The species grows to be 0.1-0.35 meters tall. Its stems are generally green but often have a reddish hue. Its petals are a pale yellow and can have faint red veins. Its seeds are a dark reddish brown.{{cite web|url=http://hypericum.myspecies.info/taxonomy/term/992|publisher=hypericum.myspecies.info|title=Nomenclature | Hypericum online |access-date=2017-03-13}} H. sinaicum is very similar in appearance to Hypericum collenetteae.
Distribution
Hypericum sincaicum is found in the Sinai Peninsula, Northern Saudi Arabia, and parts of Jordan.{{cite journal|url=http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.specimen.k000677123|publisher=plants.jstor.org|title=Hypericum sinaicum Hochst. ex Boiss. [family CLUSIACEAE] on JSTOR |access-date=2017-03-13}}
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Category:Flora of Palestine (region)
Category:Flora of Saudi Arabia
Category:Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
Category:Taxa named by Christian Ferdinand Friedrich Hochstetter
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