Epimedium grandiflorum C.Morren

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

A perennial plant. It grows 20-30 cm high and 30-40 cm across. The flowers are mauve-pink and spurs. The young leaflets are coppery brown. Later they change to light green. The flowers are reddish-pink.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 0.1 - 0.5
Mature height (meter) 0.2 - 0.5
Root system creeping-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

A temperate plant. It will grow in most soils. It is frost hardy. It is best in a protected, shaded, moist position. It suits hardiness zones 5-9.
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Moist deciduous woodlands in the hills. Calcareous rocks in moist woodland. (This entry refers to sub-species E. grandiflorum higoense. Shimau.)
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-6
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-9

Usage

The leaves are boiled and eaten with oil and salt.
Uses environmental use gene source medicinal oil
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Aphrodisiac (unspecified), Cancer(Uterus) (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants are grown by division.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -31
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Epimedium grandiflorum unspecified picture

Distribution

Epimedium grandiflorum world distribution map, present in Japan

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107279-1
WFO ID wfo-0000669993
COL ID 6G6L8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Epimedium grandiflorum f. violaceum Epimedium grandiflorum Epimedium pumilum Endoplectris tricolor Epimedium grandiflorum f. flavescens Epimedium macranthum Epimedium grandiflorum var. higoense Epimedium violaceum var. grandiflorum Epimedium grandiflorum f. heterochroum

Lower taxons

Epimedium grandiflorum var. thunbergianum