General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Full Shade
Water Preferences: In Water
Wet
Wet Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 5a -28.9 °C (-20 °F) to -26.1 °C (-15 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5m)
Plant Spread: 3 to 5 feet (.9-1.5m)
Leaves: Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Other: Flowers emerge from the ground in spring before the foliage appears.
Flower Color: Pink
White
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Erosion control
Pollinators: Various insects
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger

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Common names
  • Umbrella Plant
  • Dinosaur Toes
  • Indian Rhubarb
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Darmera peltata
  • Synonym: Peltiphyllum peltatum

Photo Gallery
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2014-06-20
Mature plant (7 years old)
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Apr 11, 2011 11:38 AM
close-up of the small flowers
Location: Twisp
Location: My garden, Ghent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-30
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-30

Date: 2022-05-14
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-04-16
Photo by springcolor
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Apr 17, 2007 12:24 PM
Location: Garden
Date: 2017-04
Spring bloom
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-04-23
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-04-04
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2014-06-01
Location: Howick Hall garden, Northumberland, UK
Date: 2022-10-14
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2020-06-14
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2018-04-22
Location: Cedarhome, Washington
Date: 2018-05-08
Fading from pink to white, blooms are about done
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 19 June 2016
Big leaves for stream-side planting
Location: At home
Date: 2021-05-09
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-25
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Apr 26, 2008 11:31 AM
Location: Cedarhome, WA
Date: 2018-10-26
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: My garden
Date: 2017-04-30
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Apr 7, 2008 1:11 PM
Leaves only emerge after finishing blooming..
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-07-13
Location: Hortus Camera Lapidea 
Date: 2023-04-30
Photo by springcolor
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2022-04-30
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2016-05-19
emerging leaves
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: May 17, 2007 8:38 AM
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (Belgium)
Date: 2016-05-28

Courtesy Crownsville Nursery
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Location: Twisp
Date: Early Spring
Location: Washington 8b
Date: 2017-07-13
Photo by springcolor
Photo by springcolor
Location: my garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: Jun 18, 2009 1:16 PM
Gorgeous plant!
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-04-27
Location: Garden
Date: 2016-11
Autumn colours
Location: My garden in Kalama, Wa. Zone 8
Date: 2014-08-05
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: My garden in Gent, Belgium
Date: 2012-05-17
Young unfolding leaves, this plant is beautiful in all its stages

Credit florum
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: My garden, Gent, Belgium
Date: 2015-06-14

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Credit florum

Photo Courtesy of Lazy S'S Farm Nursery.
  • Uploaded by Joy
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Comments:
  • Posted by lauribob (N Central Wash. - the dry side - Zone 5b) on Feb 24, 2013 5:43 PM concerning plant:
    I like this guy, but it gets pretty beaten up by the wind by late summer. The blossoms are strange things, poking themselves up before the foliage emerges. I love the lush leaves in my shady garden before they start looking ratty.
  • Posted by Bonehead (Planet Earth - Zone 8b) on Mar 22, 2014 10:13 PM concerning plant:
    Per my local field guide, this is a native in the Pacific NW, so I am freely introducing it to my back woods in the boggier areas. The tropical look is a welcome surprise.
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