Epimedium koreanum Nakai

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

Herbs, 15-40 cm tall. Rhizome creeping, 3-5 mm in diam. Leaves basal and cauline, biternate, usually 9-foliolate; leaflets abaxially pallid, adaxially dark green, ovate, 3-13 × 2-8 cm, papery, abaxially glabrous or sparsely puberulent, adaxially glabrous, base deeply cordate with usually rounded lobes, base of lateral leaflets conspicuously oblique with outer lobe large, deltoid, and acute, inner lobe smaller and rounded, margin minutely serrate, apex acute or acuminate. Flowering stem with 1 biternate leaf. Inflorescence a simple raceme, 4-16-flowered, 10-15 cm, glabrous or pilose. Pedicel 1-2 cm. Flowers white, pale yellow, deep rose, or violet, 2-4.5 cm in diam. Outer sepals reddish, oblong, 4-5 mm; inner sepals narrowly ovate to lanceolate, flat, 8-18 × 3-6 mm, apically acute. Petals usually much longer than inner sepals, rounded; spurs slender, elongate, tapering-subulate, 1-2 cm. Stamens ca. 6 mm; anthers ca. 4.5 mm; filaments ca. 1.5 mm. Pistil ca. 8 mm; ovary ca. 4.5 mm; style ca. 3.5 mm. Capsules narrowly fusiform, ca. 6 mm; style ca. 2 mm. Seeds 6-8. Fl. Apr-May, fr. May. 2n = 12.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.35
Root system creeping-root rhizome
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Wet areas in forests and mountain valleys. Forests and thickets; at elevations from 400-1,500 metres.
Light 4-6
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 5-7

Usage

Uses medicinal ornamental
Edible leaves
Therapeutic use Tonic (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) -
Germination temperacture (C°) -
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -29
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Epimedium koreanum unspecified picture

Distribution

Epimedium koreanum world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107288-1
WFO ID wfo-0000670012
COL ID 6G6KH
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Epimedium coelestre Epimedium cremeum Epimedium koreanum Epimedium multifoliolatum Epimedium sulphurellum Epimedium grandiflorum var. koreanum Epimedium grandiflorum subsp. koreanum Epimedium musschianum var. multifoliolatum Epimedium sempervirens var. coelestre Epimedium sempervirens var. leucanthus Epimedium sempervirens var. multifoliolatum Epimedium koreanum var. coelestre