Not showy, but in its own way could add its season-long, attractive maple-shaped leaves to the chorus of ferns and hostas often found in full shade gardens. Its unassuming frizzy white flowers, which appear around August, above the leaves, may attract bees and butterflies.

It prefers light (sandy), medium (loamy) and heavy (clay) soils, as well as acid and neutral soils, and self-sows when happy in its native deciduous Japanese forests.

Its young leaves, raw, cooked or as flavoring, are said to be "edible." Hmmm - not sure exactly what "edible" might mean in Cacalia's case.

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