Indian rhubarb
Darmera peltata (Torr. ex Benth.) Voss
- light
- —
- water
- —
- tall
- —
- wide
- 99 cm
Saxifragaceae
Formerly Leptarrhena inundata, Peltiphyllum peltatum, Saxifraga peltata
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Perennial or helophyteKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- SW. Oregon to N. & C. CaliforniaKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Spread
- 99 cmRead from Wikipedia, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from Wikipedia, one source
Not known yet: light, height, water, coldest it survives, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (4)
- Welsh
- rhiwbob yr India
- Finnish
- Kilpirikko, peltirikko
- Dutch
- schildblad
- Swedish
- Sköldbräcka
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
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, Public domain
- 3D model: Darmera peltata (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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