Vancouveria hexandra
Common name:
Northern Inside-out Flower
American Barrenwort
Pronunciation:
van-koo-VE-ree-uh heks-AN-druh
Family:
Berberidaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
Yes
- Perennial, deciduous to nearly evergreen, low growing, spreading, 10-20 inches ( 25-50 cm) tall; young stems wiry. Leaves mostly arise near the ground, 8-25 cm long, compound, 2-3 leaflets, each somewhat heat-shaped at the base and commonly called duck foot-shaped, lobed, margin entire, green, lower surface sparsely hairy; petiole becoming straw-colored. Flowers small, in upright clusters of 25-30, 6 white petals, 4-6 mm, strongly reflexed.
- Part sun to full shade. Acid soil, rich in organic matter; probably best in cool, moist conditions. Spread by underground rhizomes. To propagate divide plants in the spring or fall.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 6 Native to southwest Washington, Oregon, and northern California
- hexandra: six stamens
- Dallas, Oregon: Dilbert Hunter Arboretum
- Oregon State Univ. campus: small garden at the SE entrance to Ag. & Life Sciences (ALS)
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