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Vancouveria planipetala Calloni  
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FamilyBERBERIDACEAE
Genus speciesVancouveria planipetala Calloni 
BibliographyMalphigia 1: 263 (1877)
Native Rangesw. Oregon to w. California
Primary BiomeTemperate
Habitatthickets and woods
Altitude50-1600m
Descriptionleaves basal, usually biternate, persistent, leaflets broadly ovate, to 4cm wide, cordate, trilobate, panicle lax, 20-50-flowered, corolla 6-8mm long, petals trilobate
Size10-30cm
Colorpale bluish, white
Bloomspring
Ca-
Typeperennial
Cultivationcold, shady site with a humous, moist soil
alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade
Propagationseed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-16°C
division after flowering; cuttings in late summer
SynonymsEpimedium 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
Territory7 Northern America
     73 Northwestern U.S.A. (ORE Oregon)
     76 Southwestern U.S.A. (CAL California)
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