Epimedium fargesii Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

Herbs, 30-70 cm tall, sometimes to 80 cm tall. Rhizome creeping, stout, 2-8 mm in diam. Leaves basal and cauline, trifoliolate; leaflets adaxially dark green, narrowly ovate, 4-15 × 1.3-7 cm, leathery, abaxially glaucous, glabrous or sparsely pilose, adaxially glabrous, both surfaces with conspicuous reticulate veins, base deeply cordate with usually rounded lobes, those of lateral leaflets unequal, outer lobe large, deltoid, and acute, inner lobe smaller and rounded, margin closely spinose-serrate, apex acuminate. Flowering stem normally with 2 (abnormally 3) trifoliolate opposite leaves. Inflorescence simple, racemose, or compound with lower peduncles loosely 2-or 3-flowered, rachis glandular pubescent, 14-25-flowered, 14-30 cm. Pedicel 1.5-4 cm, glandular pubescent. Flowers purplish red, ca. 2 cm. Outer sepals violet-tinged, narrowly ovate, 3-4 × ca. 1.5 mm, apex blunt; inner sepals reflexed, white or pinkish, narrowly lanceolate, 1.5-1.8 cm × ca. 4 mm, apically acuminate. Petals dark violet, much shorter than inner sepals, slightly 2-or 3-lobed; spur straight, cylindric-subulate, blunt, 7-8 mm. Stamens conspicuously prolonged, ca. 9 mm; anthers purple, 3-4 mm. Ovary ca. 1.3 cm. Capsules included; style ca. 2 cm. Fl. Mar-Apr, fr. Apr-Jun.
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) 0.2 - 0.6
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 1-6
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-8
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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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Distribution

Epimedium fargesii world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107278-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669989
COL ID 6G6KY
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epimedium fargesii