Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
Genus species | Vancouveria planipetala Calloni |
Bibliography | Malphigia 1: 263 (1877) |
Native Range | sw. Oregon to w. California |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 50-1600m |
Description | leaves basal, usually biternate, persistent, leaflets broadly ovate, to 4cm wide, cordate, trilobate, panicle lax, 20-50-flowered, corolla 6-8mm long, petals trilobate |
Size | 10-30cm |
Color | pale bluish, white |
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 hexandrum f. planipetalum (Calloni) Himmelb. Epimedium parviflorum (Greene) Kom. Epimedium planipetalum (Calloni) Citerne Vancouveria chrysantha var. parviflora (Greene) Jeps. Vancouveria concolor Greene Vancouveria crispa Greene Vancouveria parviflora Greene Vancouveria vaseyi Greene |
Territory | 7 Northern America 73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon) 76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California) |