Hypericum fragile, Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1981, Flora Europaea. Volume 2. Rosaceae to Umbelliferae, Cambridge University Press : 265

18. H. fragile Heldr. & Sart. ex Boiss. , Diagn. Pl. Or. Nov. 3(1): 108 (1853).

Stems 4—11(—16) cm, slender, suberect or straggling, articulated at the nodes, much branched at the base but not rooting, glaucous. Leaves 2-7 mm, ovate or oblong-orbicular, with conspicuous, intramarginal pale glands, usually without apical black glands, glaucous on both sides. Inflorescence 1- to 8-flowered, subcorymbose. Sepals black-glandular-ciliate. Petals red-tinged. Anthers yellow. Crevices in calcareous rocks. • E. Greece. Gr. Records from Karpathos and Kasos are probably errors for 28. Plants cultivated as H. fragile are usually referable to 21.