Epimedium youngianum

Epimedium x youngianum

  • Epimedium youngianum
  • Epimedium youngianum
  • Epimedium youngianum
  • Epimedium youngianum
  • Epimedium youngianum
  • Epimedium youngianum
  • Flower name
    Epimedium youngianum
  • Scientific name
    Epimedium x youngianum
  • Alias姫碇草
  • Place of originShikoku of Japan
  • Place of floweringLow mountains, Potted flower
  • Flowering seasonApril, May

What is Epimedium youngianum

Epimedium youngianum or called Hime ikariso, Scientific name: Epimedium x youngianum) is a perennial plant of the family Berberidaceae that inhabits in Shikoku. Epimedium grandiflorum(Scientific name: Epimedium grandiflorum) . It is considered to be a natural cross of Epimedium diphyllum. The plant height is as low as 30 cm. The leaves are in the cortex, and the bilobes in two outs are bifurcated with an apical point, with serrations at the leaf rim. In spring, flower stems drow out from the tip to spread the inflorescences, with white florets with a spur. The flower is 4 petals and has 8 pieces, but 4 pieces fall at the time of flowering. Four stamens surround one stamen. The flower name is smaller than that of Sesame.

General name: Epimedium youngianum, Scientific name: Epimedium x youngianum, aka: Hime ikariso, Habitat distribution: Shikoku, living environment: Mountainous area, Plant height: 15 - 30 cm, living type: perennial grass, leaf quality: cortex, leaf shape: 2 times 3 leaves, small leaf shape: oval with pointed end, leaf edge: fine sawtooth, stigmatized, flowering period: April to May, Inflorescence type: raceme, flower diameter: 2 - 3 cm, flower color: white, number of petals: 4 pieces, number of sepals: 8 pieces (4 pieces dropped at flowering), number of stamens: 4 pieces, number of pistils: 1 piece, distance : Yes, spur: 1 cm, Remarks: A natural cross between Scutellaria baicalensis.


  • Order
    Ranunculales
  • Family
    Berberidaceae
  • Genus
    Epimedium
  • Species
    E. x youngianum
  • Type of flower
    Left-right symmetrical flower
  • Array of flower
    Gross inflorescence
  • Petal shape
    Hedgerow/thallate
  • Leaf type
    Twice 3 times pinnate compound leaf
  • Edge of the leaf
    Serrated
  • Life typefallen leaves perennial grass
  • Flower colorsWhite
  • Colors of the leavesGreen
  • Fruit colorGreen
  • Height30.0 ~ 50.0 cm
  • Diameter of flower2.0 ~ 3.0 cm

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