Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
Genus species | Epimedium grandiflorum C.Morren |
Bibliography | Hort. Belge 2: 141 (1834) |
Native Range | Japan (w. Honshu) |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Description | leaves 2-4-ternate, leaflets ovate to deltate-ovate, 3-6cm long, acute, at margins spinulose, cordate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glaucous, flowers with long spur |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | white, pale purple |
Bloom | spring |
Ca | - |
Type | perennial |
Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C division after flowering; cuttings in late summer |
Synonyms | Endoplectris tricolor Raf. Epimedium grandiflorum f. heterochroum H.Hayashi Epimedium grandiflorum var. higoense T.Shimizu Epimedium macranthum C.Morren & Decne. Epimedium pumilum Baker Epimedium violaceum var. grandiflorum Siebold & Zucc. |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan) |