Palmate Glaucidium

Glaucidium palmatum Ranunculaceae

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived perennial

Native distribution

Japan

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Heronswood, Seneca Hill Perennials, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Autumn Glade Botanicals

Description

Plants to 60cm in height; stems unbranched with 2-3 alternate, petiolate, light green, palmately 5-7-lobed leaves. Flowers soft lilac, terminal, solitary, saucer-shaped with a central dense, rounded tuft of stamens, effective in April and May.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6