Epimedium membranaceum K.Mey.
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- K. Mey. (1922). In: Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 380.
Classification
- kingdom
- Plantae
- phylum
- Tracheophyta
- class
- Magnoliopsida
- order
- Ranunculales
- family
- Berberidaceae
- genus
- Epimedium
- species
- Epimedium davidii
description
Description. Herbs 20 - 65 cm tall. Rhizome compact or elongated. Leaves basal or cauline, trifoliolate; leaflets broadly ovate or narrowly ovate, 4 - 6 x 2 - 3 cm, apex acute or acuminate, margin with spines 1 - 1.5 mm, base cordate with lobes rounded or acute, those of lateral leaflets conspicuously oblique, subleathery, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glaucous, with scattered minute erect hairs. Flowering stem with 2 opposite or alternate leaves. Inflorescence paniculate, 9 - 40 cm long, 5 - 35 - flowered, glandular; pedicels 1.5 - 2 cm. Flowers yellow, 4 - 6 cm in diam. Outer sepals green with base purplish. Inner sepals red, ovate-elliptic or narrowly ovate, 6 - 7 x 2.5 - 3 cm, apex acute. Petals pale yellow, much longer than inner sepals, subulate, 1.5 - 3.5 cm, lamina-less base. Stamens ca. 4 mm; anthers ca. 3 mm, yellow. Capsules ca. 2.5 cm.
Name
- Homonyms
- Epimedium membranaceum K.Mey.