Epimedium membranaceum Perennial Encyclopedia small people who are easily

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The light pink pouch flushed with violet streaks is backed with violet-red sepals

often edged in a faint pale green netting

these are the flowers

Epimedium membranaceum Perennial Encyclopedia small people who are easilyE. membranaceum is another little known Chinese species with tremendous garden potential. To us, E. membranaceum superficially resembles a clumping E. rhizomatosum. For us, the clump is topped, starting in early May (NC) with numerous 22" flower spikes, each with up to two dozen 2" spider like, bright yellow flowers. The late Professor William Stearn wrote, "Cultivated at Kew, Epimedium membranaceum flowers longer than any other species of the genus."