삼지구엽초-[정명] Epimedium koreanum Nakai

삼지구엽초

 

	삼지구엽초							삼지구엽초
	과명 Berberidaceae (매자나무과) 속명 Epimedium (삼지구엽초속) 전체학명 [정명]Epimedium koreanum Nakai 추천명  삼지구엽초 이명 음양각,음양곽 외국명 Korean Epimedium ,チョウセンイカリソウ
	삼지구엽초							삼지구엽초

 

	삼지구엽초
	삼지구엽초

 

Epimedium, also known as barrenwort, bishop's hat, fairy wings, horny goat weed, or yin yang huo (Chinese: 淫羊藿), is a genus of flowering plants in the family Berberidaceae. The majority of the species are endemic to China, with smaller numbers elsewhere in Asia, and a few in the Mediterranean region.

Epimedium species are deciduous or evergreen hardy perennials. The majority have four-parted "spider-like" flowers in spring.

The plant contains icariin, which is a weak PDE5 inhibitor in vitro. Its clinical effects are unknown. 

Species of Epimedium are herbaceous perennials, growing from an underground rhizome. Their growth habits are somewhat variable. Some have solitary stems, others have a "tufted" habit, with multiple stems growing close together. There may be several leaves to a stem or the leaves may be solitary, produced from the base of the plant. Individual leaves are generally compound, often with three leaflets, but also with more. Leaflets usually have spiny margins. The leaves may be annual, making the plant deciduous, or longer lasting, so that the plant is evergreen. The inflorescence is an open raceme or panicle, the number of flowers varying by species.

Individual flowers have parts in fours. There are four smaller outer sepals, usually greenish and shed when the flower opens. Moving inwards, these are followed by four larger petal-like inner sepals, often brightly coloured. Inside the sepals are four true petals. These may be small and flat, but often have a complex shape including a nectar-producing "spur" that may be longer than the sepals. There are four stamens.

One of the common names for the genus, bishop's hat, arises from the shape of the flowers, particularly where the spurs are longer than the sepals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimedium

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

꽃을 활짝 피웠을 때에도 유심히 살펴보지 않으면 꽃을 못보고 넘기는 수가 많다. 잎 밑에 가려져 있기 때문이다. 세 가지에 아홉개의 잎이 달려서 삼지구엽초라 불리지만 9엽이 아닌 것도 간혹 있다. 야생에서는 약재로 캐가기에 개체수가 줄고 있다. 안타깝다.