Astilbe chinensis
Astilbe chinensis (Maxim.) Franch. & Sav.
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Plenty
- tall
- 70 cm
- wide
- 75 cm
Saxifragaceae
Formerly Astilbe davidi, Hoteia chinensis
When it flowers
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Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
PetsNo pet-safety information yet
PeopleNo safety information yet
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- PerennialKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Russian Far East to China and S. Japan (Tsushima)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from Wikipedia and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia part, shade; RHS part
- Height
- 51 cm to 89 cmRead from Wikipedia and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia 45–90 cm; RHS 0.5–1 m
- Spread
- 51 cm to 99 cmRead from RHS, one source
- Water
- Plenty: wet or constantly moistRead from Wikipedia and RHS, not yet checked: its sources are splitTied: no reading has a majority of the 2 sources, so all are kept for a person to settle. Sources differ: Wikipedia high; RHS medium
- Flowers
- PinkRead from Wikipedia and RHS, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources. Sources differ: Wikipedia pink, purple, red; RHS pink, white
- Coldest it survives
- -20 °C (USDA zone 6b)Read from RHS, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 红升麻, 落新妇, 落$妇
- Simplified Chinese
- 小升麻, 红升麻, 马尾参
- Slovenian
- kitajska vrtna kresnica
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- RHS, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Astilbe chinensis (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.