Rodgersia aesculifolia var. henrici

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Rodgersia aesculifolia var. henrici

Family: (Saxifragaceae)

(P) to 4′.  Tibet and Northern Burma.  The beautiful, broad, bronze-tinted, palmate leaves are deeply veined and crinkled.  Sturdy flower stalks produce branching heads of small, pale pink flowers.  The flowers are actually five sepals joined at the base into a short, dark pink calyx, petals are absent, ten showy stamens, and a prominent superior ovary comprised of two pistils fused at the base.  In midsummer the flowers turn reddish as they age.  The fruits of many-seeded capsules are attractive and long-lasting.  Moist soil.  Partial shade.  5 & T2