| NOUN | plant | umbrella plant, Indian rhubarb, Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum | rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems |
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| plant | umbrella plant, Eriogonum allenii | late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters | |
| plant | umbrella plant, umbrella sedge, Cyperus alternifolius | African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonyms | Indian rhubarb, Darmera peltata, Peltiphyllum peltatum | |
| Member of | Darmera, genus Darmera, Peltiphyllum, genus Peltiphyllum | One species |
| Broader | herb, herbaceous plant | A plant lacking a permanent woody stem |
| Meaning | Late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters. | |
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| Synonym | Eriogonum allenii | |
| Broader | eriogonum | Any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers |
| Meaning | African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves. | |
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| Synonyms | umbrella sedge, Cyperus alternifolius | |
| Member of | Cyperus, genus Cyperus | type genus of Cyperaceae |
| Broader | sedge | grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers |
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