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Darmera peltata

Indian rhubarb, shield-leaf, umbrella plant
Leaves

petiole 20–150 cm;

blade (5–)10–60(–90) cm wide.
Inflorescences

scapose, 30–150 cm, sparsely stipitate-glandular.
Flowers

hypanthium saucerlike, 0.5–1 mm;

sepals reflexed, rounded to oblong, 2.5–5 mm, apex rounded;

petals spreading, broadly elliptic to obovate, unlobed, 5–9 × 4–4.5 mm;

stamens 4 mm;

styles divergent, 1 mm.
Capsules

2, reddish, elliptic, 7–11 mm.
Seeds

120–150, 1–1.5 mm.
2n

= 34.

Darmera peltata
Phenology Flowering Apr–Jul.
Habitat Among wet rocks in and near streams
Elevation 30-1800 m (100-5900 ft)
Distribution
from FNA
CA; OR
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Discussion

Darmera peltata is found in the Sierra Nevada of California from Tulare County to Siskiyou County and in the Klamath Mountains and Coast Range from Humboldt County in California to Benton County, Oregon. It is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental. Pregnant Karok women took an infusion of the roots of D. peltata to prevent the fetus from getting too large; Karok and Miwok Indians ate the plant (D. E. Moerman 1998).

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 8, p. 76.
Parent taxa Saxifragaceae > Darmera
Synonyms Saxifraga peltata
Name authority (Torrey ex Bentham) Voss: Gärtn. Zentralbl. 1: 645. (1899)
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