Epimedium zhushanense K.F.Wu & S.X.Qian

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Berberidaceae > Epimedium

Characteristics

Herbs, 40-60 cm tall. Rhizome short, stout. Flowering stem brown, terete, squamate at base, with 2 opposite leaves. Leaves simple, basal and cauline; petiole 5.5-6 cm, tomentose at base and apex; leaf blade adaxially deep green, oblong to suborbicular, 10-14 × 7-11 cm, abaxially densely sericeous-tomentose, adaxially glabrous, base deeply cordate, with rounded lobes subequal, margin slightly repand or irregularly denticulate, apex obtuse. Racemes usually many loosely flowered, ca. 30 cm, glandular. Pedicel 1.5-5 cm, slender; bracts ovate, ca. 2 mm. Flowers purple. Sepals 4 in 1 whorl, petaloid, ovate-lanceolate, 9-11 × ca. 3.5 mm, apex obtuse. Petals 4, purple, saccate, ca. 1.7 cm, base cucullate, apex long attenuate. Stamens 4, ca. 4 mm; filaments flat, shorter than anthers; anthers valved, valves revolute, apex of anther connective apiculate. Style 2.5-3 mm; stigma slightly quadrilobate or inconspicuous. Fruit unknown. Fl. Jun-Jul, fr. unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 0.4 - 0.6
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Usage

Uses medicinal
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Images

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Distribution

Epimedium zhushanense world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Epimedium zhushanense threat status: Vulnerable

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:905998-1
WFO ID wfo-0000670120
COL ID 6G6MW
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Synonyms

Epimedium zhushanense