Rodgersia pinnata

Rodgersia pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, native to the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It is a robust, herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 75 cm (30 in) broad, with textured palmate/pinnate leaves up to 90 cm (35 in) long, with 5-9 leaflets. 60 cm (24 in) erect panicles made up of tiny, star-shaped flowers, are borne on reddish green stems in summer. The flowers are white.[1]

Rodgersia pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Saxifragales
Family: Saxifragaceae
Genus: Rodgersia
Species:
R. pinnata
Binomial name
Rodgersia pinnata
Young plant of Rodgersia pinnata 'Fireworks'

Cultivars may have white, cream, pink or red flowers.[2][3] Red cultivars include 'Fireworks'.[4][5]

R. pinnata is useful as an ornamental groundcover plant for the margins of streams or ponds. The cultivar ‘Superba’ has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[6][7]

References
  1. RHS 2015, Rodgersia pinnata featherleaf rodgersia.
  2. RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
  4. Dave's Garden 2015, Rodgersisa, Rodgers Flower Rodgersia pinnata 'Fireworks'.
  5. Heritage Perennials 2015, Rodgersia pinnata ‘Fireworks’.
  6. "RHS Plantfinder - Rodgersia pinnata 'Superba'". Retrieved 9 October 2018.
  7. "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). Royal Horticultural Society. July 2017. p. 88. Retrieved 9 October 2018.

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