Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
Genus species | Epimedium koreanum Nakai |
Bibliography | Fl. Sylv. Kor. 21: 63 (1936) |
Native Range | s. Russian Far East to e. China and Korea, n. Japan |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 400-1500m |
Description | leaves biternate, leaflets adaxially deep green, ovate, glabrous, at base cordate, serrulate, acute, raceme 10-15cm, 4-16-flowered, petals large, spur subulate, 1-2cm |
Size | 15-40cm |
Color | white, yellow, rose |
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 coelestre Nakai Epimedium cremeum Nakai & F.Maek. ex Honda Epimedium grandiflorum ssp. koreanum (Nakai) Kitam. Epimedium grandiflorum var. koreanum (Nakai) K.Suzuki Epimedium koreanum var. coelestre (Nakai) Yonek. Epimedium multifoliolatum (Koidz.) Koidz. Epimedium musschianum var. multifoliolatum Koidz. Epimedium sempervirens var. coelestre (Nakai) T.Shimizu Epimedium sempervirens var. leucanthus Koidz. Epimedium sempervirens var. multifoliolatum (Koidz.) T.Shimizu Epimedium sulphurellum Nakai |
Territory | 3 Asia-Temperate 31 Russian Far East (PRM Primorye) 36 China (CHM Manchuria, CHS China Southeast) 38 Eastern Asia (JAP Japan, KOR Korea) |