Epimedium grandiflorum

Taxobox
name = "Epimedium grandiflorum"

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image_caption = "Epimedium grandiflorum"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Ranunculales
familia = Berberidaceae
genus = "Epimedium"
species = "E. grandiflorum"
binomial = "Epimedium grandiflorum"
binomial_authority = C. Morrencite web
url=http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?402580
title=Epimedium grandiflorum information from NPGS/GRIN
publisher=www.ars-grin.gov
accessdate=2008-03-10
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synonyms =
*"Epimedium macranthum" var. "violaceum" (C. Morren & Decne.) Franch.
*"Epimedium grandiflorum forma violaceum"
*"Epimedium violaceum"

"Epimedium grandiflorum" (aka E. Macranthum) is a species of "Epimedium".

"Epimedium grandiflorum" is a flowering plant which has aphrodisiac characteristics, having been shown to increase sexual activity in goats. [cite web
url=http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Epimedium+grandiflorum
title=Epimedium grandiflorum
publisher=www.ibiblio.org
accessdate=2008-03-10
last=
first=] It commonly is packed in a capsule with some other ingredients or sold as an herb. It is generally packaged with the name "Horny Goat Weed." This plant has bright red stems with green heart shaped leaves which are slightly hairy on the bottom. They grow to a maximum of six to nine inches and in the spring produce light purple colored flowers.

References

External links

* [http://www.ibiblio.org/pfaf/cgi-bin/arr_html?Epimedium+grandiflorum "Epimedium grandiflorum" (Plants for a Future)]