Epimedium elongatum Kom.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

Herbs, 25-60 cm tall. Rhizome moderately long creeping, 2-5 mm in diam. Leaves basal and cauline, bi-or triternate, 9-foliolate or occasionally 5-foliolate; leaflets adaxially green, ovate or suborbicular, 1.5-7.5 × 1-6 cm, papery, abaxially sparsely pubescent or glabrous, adaxially glabrous, both surfaces with conspicuous reticulate veins, base deeply cordate, terminal leaflet with equal rounded lobes, lateral leaflets slightly oblique with outer lobe large and rounded or acute, inner lobe smaller and rounded, margin spinose-serrate, apex rounded or acute. Flowering stem with 3 alternate or rarely opposite leaves, upper biternate or trifoliolate, lower biternate or triternate. Panicle 17-30-flowered, 15-30 cm, sparsely glandular, with lower peduncles 3-5-flowered. Pedicel 1-2 cm, sparsely glandular. Flowers yellow, large, 2.5-3 cm in diam. Outer sepals whitish, ovate, 3-4 × ca. 2 mm, blunt; inner sepals purple, lanceolate, ca. 4 × 1.5 mm, apically acute. Petals yellow, longer than inner sepals; spur horizontally spreading or upwardly curved, ca. 1.5 cm, slender, lamina-less. Stamens slightly prolonged, ca. 3 mm; anthers ca. 2 mm, valved, revolute. Pistil ca. 4 mm. Capsules elongated, 2-2.5 cm, slender; style ca. 8 mm. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Jun-Jul.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.25 - 0.6
Root system rhizome
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Distribution

Epimedium elongatum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107277-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669984
COL ID 6G6LC
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Synonyms

Epimedium elongatum