Epimedium alpinum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Epimedium |
| Species: | E. alpinum
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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
[edit]- ^ Sp. Pl.: 117 (1753)
- ^ "Epimedium alpinum L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- ^ Loudon, Jane (1843). The Ladies' Flower-Garden of Ornamental Perennials. Vol. 1. London: William Smith. p. 53.
- ^ "Epimedium × rubrum red barrenwort". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
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