Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
Genus species | Vancouveria chrysantha Greene |
Bibliography | Bull. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 66 (1885) |
Native Range | sw. Oregon to nw. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 100-1500m |
Description | leaves basal, petiolate, biternate or with 3-5 leaflets, leaflets ovate, subcoriaceous, adaxially glabrous, glaucous, abaxially grey and pubescent, panicle lax, corolla 10-14mm |
Size | 10-35cm |
Color | yellow |
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 | Epimedium chrysanthum (Greene) Kom. Vancouveria hexandra var. chrysantha (Greene) Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |