''Epimedium alpinum'', the alpine barrenwort, is a species of flowering plant in the genus ''
Epimedium
''Epimedium'', also known as barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo (), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae. The majority of the species are endemic to China, with smaller numbers elsewher ...
'', native to the mountains of Italy, Austria, the former Yugoslavia, and Albania, and introduced into central Europe.
A dwarf perennial suitable for rock gardens, it was jocularly said by
John Lindley to be "known only in the gardens of botanists". Its hybrid with ''
E.grandiflorum'', ''
Epimedium × rubrum'', has gained the
Royal Horticultural Society
The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.
The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nor ...
's
Award of Garden Merit.
References
alpinum
Flora of Europe
Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
Plants described in 1753
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