Family | BERBERIDACEAE |
Genus species | Epimedium alpinum L. |
Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 117 (1753) |
Native Range | Austria to Albania |
Primary Biome | Temperate |
Habitat | thickets and woods |
Altitude | 100-1300m |
Description | leaves biternate, leaflets cordate or ovate, sharply dentate, flowers 9-13mm in diam., with 4, pale yellow nectary |
Size | 20-30cm |
Color | red |
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 |
Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria) 13 Southeastern Europe (ALB Albania, ITA Italy, YUG Yugoslavia) |