Epimedium pinnatum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Berberidaceae |
Genus: | Epimedium |
Species: | E. pinnatum
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Binomial name | |
Epimedium pinnatum | |
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Epimedium pinnatum is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family Berberidaceae, native to northern Iran. It is a slowly-spreading evergreen perennial growing to 30 cm (12 in) tall and broad, with oval hairy leaves and bright yellow spurred flowers in late spring and early summer.[2]
The Latin specific epithet pinnatum means "with leaves growing on either side of the stalk".[3]
The subspecies E. pinnatum subsp. colchicum has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4][5] It is best grown in moist, fertile soil in a sheltered, partially-shaded spot, and is suitable for underplanting shrubs and trees.