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• n  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
• n  Asian herb (Himalayas)

• umbrella plant
• Indian rhubarb
• Darmera peltata
• Peltiphyllum peltatum
• Himalayan rhubarb
• red-veined pie plant
• Rheum australe
• Rheum emodi