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Definition of Umbrella plant
1. Noun. 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.
Exact synonyms: Darmera Peltata, Indian Rhubarb, Peltiphyllum Peltatum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Darmera, Genus Darmera, Genus Peltiphyllum, Peltiphyllum
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Darmera, Genus Darmera, Genus Peltiphyllum, Peltiphyllum
2. Noun. Late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters.
3. Noun. African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves.
Exact synonyms: Cyperus Alternifolius, Umbrella Sedge
Generic synonyms: Sedge
Group relationships: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus
Generic synonyms: Sedge
Group relationships: Cyperus, Genus Cyperus