| Epimedium alpinum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Berberidaceae |
| Genus: | Epimedium |
| Species: | E. alpinum |
| Binomial name | |
| Epimedium alpinum | |
Epimedium alpinum, the alpine barrenwort, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Epimedium , native to the mountains of Italy, Austria, the former Yugoslavia, and Albania, and introduced into central Europe. [2] A dwarf perennial suitable for rock gardens, it was jocularly said by John Lindley to be "known only in the gardens of botanists". [3] Its hybrid with E. grandiflorum , Epimedium × rubrum , has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [4]
