Epimedium
E381572
Epimedium is a genus of flowering plants, often called barrenwort or horny goat weed, known for their delicate, heart-shaped leaves and use in traditional medicine and shade gardens.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Epimedium canonical | 1 |
| Epimedium brevicornum | 1 |
| Epimedium grandiflorum | 1 |
| Epimedium sagittatum | 1 |
| Epimedium x rubrum | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3724733 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epimedium Context triple: [Berberidaceae, includesGenus, Epimedium]
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A.
Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra is a climbing plant species in the moonseed family known for its traditional use in Chinese medicine, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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B.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Sauncho Smilax
Sauncho Smilax is a quirky, maritime-obsessed lawyer who serves as a friend and legal advisor to private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice."
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E.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Epimedium Target entity description: Epimedium is a genus of flowering plants, often called barrenwort or horny goat weed, known for their delicate, heart-shaped leaves and use in traditional medicine and shade gardens.
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A.
Stephania tetrandra
Stephania tetrandra is a climbing plant species in the moonseed family known for its traditional use in Chinese medicine, particularly for its anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties.
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B.
Cissampelos
Cissampelos is a genus of climbing flowering plants known for their twining vines and traditional medicinal uses, belonging to the moonseed family.
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C.
Antigonon
Antigonon is a small genus of flowering vines in the knotweed family Polygonaceae, commonly known for ornamental species like coral vine.
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D.
Sauncho Smilax
Sauncho Smilax is a quirky, maritime-obsessed lawyer who serves as a friend and legal advisor to private investigator Doc Sportello in Thomas Pynchon's novel "Inherent Vice."
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E.
Menispermum
Menispermum is a small genus of twining, woody vines commonly known as moonseeds, noted for their crescent-shaped seeds and often toxic properties.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
plant genus
ⓘ
taxon ⓘ |
| clade |
Magnoliophyta
ⓘ
surface form:
Angiosperms
Eudicots ⓘ |
| commonName |
barrenwort
ⓘ
bishop's hat ⓘ fairy wings ⓘ horny goat weed ⓘ |
| containsCompound |
flavonoids
ⓘ
icariin ⓘ prenylated flavonol glycosides ⓘ |
| family | Berberidaceae ⓘ |
| flowerColor |
pink
ⓘ
purple ⓘ white ⓘ yellow ⓘ |
| flowerShape | spurred flowers ⓘ |
| habitat |
shaded rocky slopes
ⓘ
woodlands ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
delicate foliage
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flowering plant ⓘ groundcover-forming ⓘ heart-shaped leaves ⓘ perennial ⓘ rhizomatous growth ⓘ shade-tolerant ⓘ spring-flowering ⓘ |
| hasNotableSpecies |
Epimedium
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Epimedium brevicornum
Epimedium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Epimedium grandiflorum
Epimedium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Epimedium sagittatum
Epimedium self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Epimedium x rubrum
|
| isCultivatedAs | ornamental groundcover ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
China
ⓘ
Japan ⓘ Korea ⓘ Mediterranean region ⓘ western Asia ⓘ |
| order | Ranunculales ⓘ |
| pollination | insect-pollinated ⓘ |
| propagation |
division of rhizomes
ⓘ
seed ⓘ |
| taxonRank | genus ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought once established
ⓘ
dry shade ⓘ |
| traditionalUse |
support of bone health
ⓘ
treatment of fatigue ⓘ treatment of sexual dysfunction ⓘ |
| usedFor |
erosion control on shaded slopes
ⓘ
groundcover in woodland gardens ⓘ ornamental gardening ⓘ shade gardens ⓘ |
| usedIn |
herbal medicine
ⓘ
traditional Chinese medicine ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Epimedium Description of subject: Epimedium is a genus of flowering plants, often called barrenwort or horny goat weed, known for their delicate, heart-shaped leaves and use in traditional medicine and shade gardens.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Epimedium grandiflorum
this entity surface form:
Epimedium sagittatum
this entity surface form:
Epimedium brevicornum
this entity surface form:
Epimedium x rubrum