Hypericum balearicum
Hypericum balearicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae, native to Spain's Balearic Islands. It is the only species in the section Psorophytum.
Description
Hypericum balearicum is a shrub or small tree tall, usually forming a rounded bush with erect or ascending branches. Its stems are glandular and warty, yellow-green when young, becoming reddish-brown as it ages. The leaves are sessile, up to long and broad. The leaves have rounded tips, undulate margins, and broadly cuneate to rounded bases. They are leathery, with prominent warty glands, and paler underneath. The flowers are across with 5 golden yellow petals, rounded sepals, with involucre-like bracts. The petals are oblong with rounded tips, long, and across.Its warty stems and leaves and its involucre-like bracts distinguish it from other species of Hypericum.