''Hypericum balfourii'' is a species of
flowering plant in the family
Hypericaceae
Hypericaceae is a plant family in the order Malpighiales, comprising six to nine genera and up to 700 species, and commonly known as the St. John's wort family. Members are found throughout the world apart from extremely cold or dry habitats. '' ...
. It is
endemic to
Socotra, an island
archipelago that is part of
Yemen. It grows in mountain
shrubland
Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes. Shrubland may either occur naturally or be the result of human activity. It m ...
dominated by ''
Cephalocroton''. It is usually found on
granite terrain above 600 meters in elevation.
References
balfourii
Endemic flora of Socotra
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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