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Staples, G.W. & Herbst, D.R. (2005) A Tropical Garden Flora; plants cultivated in the Hawaiian islands and other tropical places. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Clump forming evergreen shrub up to 10 m. in height. Each erect stem arises from an underground rhizome and has a terminal cluster of palmately 5-11 lobed leaves with dull green upper blades and whitish, hairy undersides. Inflorescences brownish, hairy umbels on long branches. Worldwide: Native to Taiwan and China now common in warm-temperate montane regions. Zimbabwe: 1 cultivated taxon. |
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