Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Saxifragales > Saxifragaceae > Darmera > Darmera peltata

Darmera peltata (Indian rhubarb)

Synonyms: Leptarrhena inundata (homotypic); Peltiphyllum peltatum (homotypic); Saxifraga peltata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Darmera peltata (Indian rhubarb or umbrella plant) is a flowering plant, the only species within the genus Darmera in the family Saxifragaceae. It is a slowly spreading rhizomatous perennial native to mountain streamsides in woodland in the western United States (southwestern Oregon to northwestern California), growing to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) tall by 1 m (3 ft 3 in) wide. D. peltata has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Insects, Lepidoptera
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  Can be grown as a ground cover plant in a sunny position; Plants should be spaced about 60cm apart each way; Useful as a soil stabilizer for marshy land or muddy banks;
Height [1]  3.936 feet (1.2 m)
Width [1]  24 inches (0.6 m)
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Ben Wyvis 13313 Scotland, United Kingdom
Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes 5491 England, United Kingdom
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom
Moorfoot Hills 21001 Scotland, United Kingdom
Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham 12696 England, United Kingdom

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0