Epimedium davidii Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

Herbs, 30-50 cm tall. Rhizome shortly creeping, stout. Leaves basal and cauline, (3 or)5-foliolate, basal leaf usually much shorter than flowering stem leaf, 12-25 cm; leaflets abaxially glaucescent, adaxially deep green, shiny, ovate or broadly ovate, 6-12 × 2-5 cm, leathery or papery, abaxially papillose and sparsely pubescent with short appressed hairs, both surfaces with distinct reticulate veins, base deeply or shallowly cordate with subequal rounded lobes, margin spinose-serrate, apex obtuse or acute. Flowering stem with 2 trifoliolate opposite leaves, rarely alternate or 3 leaves. Panicle loosely 6-24-flowered, 15-25 cm. Pedicel 1.5-2 cm, slender, glandular. Flowers pale yellow, 2-3 cm in diam. Outer sepals ovate, 2-4 mm, blunt; inner sepals pale reddish, narrowly ovate, 6-7 × 3-4 mm, apex acute. Petals much longer than inner sepals, lamina distinct, petaloid, rounded, forming a cup 7-13 mm deep; spur slender, curved, subulate, 1-1.5 cm. Stamens included, 3-4 mm; filaments flat, ca. 7 mm; anthers ca. 4 mm, valved. Ovary ca. 5 mm. Capsule 1.5-2 cm; style ca. 5 mm, rostrate. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May-Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.5
Root system rhizome
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-8
Soil humidity 5-7
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses environmental use medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by divisions.
Mode divisions
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Images

Epimedium davidii unspecified picture

Distribution

Epimedium davidii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107273-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669973
COL ID 6G6JG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epimedium davidii