Rodgersia pinnata

Rodgersia pinnata is a species of flowering plant in the family Saxifragaceae, native to the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces of China. It is a robust, herbaceous perennial growing to 120 cm (47 in) tall by 75 cm (30 in) broad, with textured palmate/pinnate leaves up to 90 cm (35 in) long, with 5-9 leaflets. 60 cm (24 in) erect panicles made up of tiny, star-shaped flowers, are borne on reddish green stems in summer. The flowers are white.[1]

Rodgersia pinnata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Tracheophytes
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Saxifragales
Family:Saxifragaceae
Genus:Rodgersia
Species:
R. pinnata
Binomial name
Rodgersia pinnata
Young plant of Rodgersia pinnata 'Fireworks'

Cultivars may have white, cream, pink or red flowers.[2][3] Red cultivars include 'Fireworks'.[4][5]

The following cultivars have won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit:

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