Epimedium alpinum
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
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." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  3. Loudon, Jane (1843). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials. Vol. 1. London: William Smith. p. 53.
  4. "Epimedium × rubrum red barrenwort". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 December 2020.


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