umbrella plant

Noun
  1. Rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems;
    Colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California (synset 112818128)
    is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
    belongs to: darmera, genus darmera, genus peltiphyllum, peltiphyllum - one species
    same as: darmera peltata, indian rhubarb, peltiphyllum peltatum
  2. Late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters (synset 112623195)
    is a type of: eriogonum - any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
    same as: eriogonum allenii
  3. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves (synset 112171239)
    is a type of: sedge - grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
    belongs to: cyperus, genus cyperus - type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions
    same as: cyperus alternifolius, umbrella sedge

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