Epimedium alpinum, L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1964, Flora Europaea - Volume 1. Lycopodiaceae to Platanaceae, Cambridge University Press : 245

1. E. alpinum L. , Sp. Pl. 117 (1753) .

Stems 15-30 cm, numerous, arising from a slender, extensively creeping rhizome, each bearing a single leaf which overtops the lax, terminal, nodding panicle; basal leaves also present. Leaves 2- to 3-ternate; leaflets 5-10, ovate, cordate, acute, spinose-ciliate, pubescent below at first but glabrous at maturity. Outer 4 perianth-segments pinkish-grey, caducous; inner 4 dull, dark red, longer; honeyleaves bright yellow, lying in the concavity of the inner perianthsegments. Shady places. Foothills and lower slopes o f mountains, from N. & C. Italy to Austria and Albania; often cultivated in gardens in W. & C. Europe and locally naturalized. Al Au It Ju [Be Br Cz G a Ge He].