Epimedium
L.
Perennial herbs; rootstocks creeping. Leaves ternately compound; stipules short.
Flowers usually white or sometimes yellowish white, in racemes or panicles, 2-merous,
pendulous, sometimes with glandular hairs on stalk. Sepals 8, petaloid, in 2 opposite
series; outer smaller. Petals 4, opposite to the sepals, hooded or spurred. Stamens 4,
opposite to petals; anther-thecae opening by recurved valves. Ovary 1; style subulate;
stigma dilated; ovules few to many, 2-seriate on the ventral suture. Capsules elongate,
unequally 2-valved. Seeds few, smooth, almost black.
India, N. Africa, Italy, N. E. Asia and Japan; ca 21 species, one in India.
India, N. Africa, Italy, N. E. Asia and Japan; ca 21 species, one in India.
