Epimedium x youngianum




Family Berberidaceae
Subfamily Berberidoideae
Tribe Berberideae
Subtribe Epimediinae
Scientific name Epimedium x youngianum Fischer & C. A. Meyer
Synonyms Epinedium x kitamuranum Yamakawa; Epimedium x trifoliatobinatum Koidzumi; Epimedium x youngianum Fischer & C. A. Meyer var. niveum Stern
Common name (Japanese common name) hime ikari-sou (ヒメイカリソウ, 姫碇草 [meaning: dwarf anchor weed])
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Honshu (Chugoku region), Shikoku, Kyhushu
(Other nations) none
Habitat Mountane forest
Chromosomal number 2n=12
Description Leaves biternate. Flowering white 10-12mm across, in April to May. Perennial plants.
Reference Epimedium ×youngianum Fisch. & C.A. Mey. (pro sp.)
Note Epimedium x youngianum is a natural hybrids of Epimedium diphyllum and Epimedium grandiflorum.



April 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
April 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden