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Yellow Waxbells

Kirengeshoma palmata

Yellow Waxbells
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Hydrangeaceae (Hydrangea family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
E. China (S. Anhui, NW. Zhejiang), S. Korea, SC. & S. Japan
Climate
temperate

About

Kirengeshoma palmata, the yellow wax-bells, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan and eastern China (Huangshan and Tianmushan). It is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial growing to 60–120 cm (24–47 in) tall by 75 cm (30 in) broad, with sycamore-like palmate leaves, and fleshy, pale yellow flowers borne on slender maroon stems in late summer. It is a calcifuge, suitable for cultivation in a shady, moist location in acid soil.

The Koreana Group of Kirengeshoma palmata has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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Yellow Waxbells · Kirengeshoma

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Kirengeshoma palmata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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