Epimedium sagittatum
Appearance
Epimedium sagittatum | |
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At Koishikawa Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Berberidaceae |
Genus: | Epimedium |
Species: | E. sagittatum
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Binomial name | |
Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.
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Epimedium sagittatum is a flowering plant in the barberry family (Berberidaceae) native to China.[1] It is known locally as 三枝九叶草[2] and is sometimes called horny goat weed for its purported aphrodisiac properties.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Epimedium sagittatum (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
- ^ Junsheng Ying; David E. Boufford; Anthony R. Brach. "Epimedium sagittatum". Flora of China. Vol. 19. Retrieved 31 December 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ "Herbal Safety - Horny Goat Weed". The University of Texas at El Paso. Retrieved 31 December 2020.