Epimedium sagittatum

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Epimedium sagittatum
At Koishikawa Botanical Garden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Berberidaceae
Genus: Epimedium
Species:
E. sagittatum
Binomial name
Epimedium sagittatum
(Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.

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]

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