Hypericum elegans, Stephan ex Willd.

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 : 269

56. H. elegans Stephan ex Willd. , Sp. Pl. 3: 1469 (1802).

Stems 15-55 cm, 2-lined, erect or decumbent and rooting at the base. Leaves 10-30 mm, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate to oblong or linear-oblong, sessile, with obscurely reticulate venation, and with several large translucent dots; margin plane. Sepals lanceolate to narrowly oblong, acute to acuminate, black-glandular-denticulate or with sessile marginal glands, occasionally with one superficial black dot. Petals with only marginal black dots. Capsule with longitudinal vittae. Dry places; somewhat calcicole. C. & E. Europe, from Turkey to C. Ural and westwards to W. Germany. Au Bu Cz Ge Hu Ju Rm Rs (C, W, K, E) Tu.