Biology:Epimedium alpinum

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Epimedium

Epimedium alpinum
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Botanical illustration
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Epimedium
Species:
E. alpinum
Binomial name
Epimedium alpinum

Epimedium alpinum, the alpine barrenwort, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Epimedium, native to the mountains of Italy, Austria, the former Yugoslavia, and Albania, and introduced into central Europe.[2] A dwarf perennial suitable for rock gardens, it was jocularly said by John Lindley to be "known only in the gardens of botanists".[3] Its hybrid with E. grandiflorum, Epimedium × rubrum, has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

References

  1. Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753)
  2. "Epimedium alpinum L.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:107260-1. 
  3. Loudon, Jane (1843). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials. 1. London: William Smith. p. 53. 
  4. "Epimedium × rubrum red barrenwort". The Royal Horticultural Society. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/93397/i-Epimedium-i-times;-i-rubrum-i/Details. Retrieved 10 December 2020. 

Wikidata ☰ Q164064 entry