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Epimedium grandiflorum
Also called Bishop's Hat, Large Flowered Barrenwort
Barrenwort (Epimedium grandiflorum) is a deciduous perennial woodland groundcover from Japan and Korea, grown for its heart-shaped leaves and spring spurred flowers. It is easy to grow in shade and is tough once established.
Epimedium grandiflorum, the large flowered barrenwort, or bishop's hat, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to Japan and Korea.
Numerous cultivars have been selected for garden use, of which the following have gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:
E. grandiflorum 'Akagi-Zakura'
It is commonly packed in a capsule with other ingredients or sold as herbal flakes or powder with the name "horny goat weed".
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Epimedium grandiflorum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
