Epimedium myrianthum Stearn

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

Herbs, 30-60 cm tall. Rhizome short, stout, with numerous fibrous roots. Leaves basal and cauline, leathery, trifoliolate; leaflets of basal leaves mostly ovate, 5-6 × 3-4 cm, apex acute; leaflets of cauline leaves adaxially shiny, mostly narrowly ovate, sometimes elliptic or lanceolate, 6-11 × 2-6 cm, abaxially glaucous, with extremely minute appressed hairs, adaxially glabrous, base moderately cordate, apex long acuminate, lobes of terminal leaflet rounded, those of lateral leaflets unequal with lobes rounded or acute, margin flat, closely spinulose-serrate. Flowering stem with 2 opposite, or sometimes 3 or 4 whorled, long petiolate leaves. Inflorescence paniculate, loosely 70-210-flowered, 18-34 × 7-9 cm, glabrous. Pedicel 5-15 mm. Flowers minute. Outer sepals black, obtuse, unequal in length, one pair ca. 2 mm, other pair ca. 3.5 mm; inner sepals white, narrowly ovate, ca. 4 × 1.5-2 mm, apically acute. Petals orange-yellow and red, slipper-shaped, shorter than inner sepals, 2-2.5 mm, apically obtuse. Stamens exposed, pale yellow, ca. 4 mm; filaments ca. 2 mm; anthers ca. as long as filaments. Pistil ca. 5.2 mm; style ca. 2.8 mm. Fruit unknown. Fl. Apr-Jul, fr. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support -
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.3 - 0.6
Root system fibrous-root rhizome
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Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
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Environment

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

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or divisions.
Mode cuttings divisions
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Germination luminosity -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Distribution

Epimedium myrianthum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1000386-1
WFO ID wfo-0000670042
COL ID 6G6M8
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Epimedium myrianthum Epimedium sagittatum var. pyramidale Epimedium sagittatum subsp. pyramidale Epimedium sinense var. pyramidale