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Epimedium alpinum

Epimedium alpinum (Berberidaceae) 091 19

 

Epimedium alpinum, commonly known as pink epimedium, is a perennial.

Epimedium alpinum is the type species of the genus Epimedium which contains approximately 69 to 83 species and belongs to the family of the Berberidaceae (Barberry Family).

Epimedium alpinum is native to Italy, Austria, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Yugoslavia (Serbia, Montenegro) and Albania and is naturalized in France, Germany, Danmark and in the British Isles.

The perennials have a clump-forming habit and reach heights of 15 to 30 centimeters.

Epimedium alpinum produces racemes of yellow cruciform flowers from March to May.

 

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Uploaded on April 6, 2019
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