Scientific Name:	Aruncus dioicus
Pronunciation:	uh-RUNK-us dye-oh-EYE-kuss
Common Name:	goat's beard
Family Name:	Rosaceae
Plant Type:	Herbaceous perennial
Key ID Features:	Clump-forming rhizomatous perennial to 2 m tall; leaves pinnately divided; flowers very small, creamy-white in large terminal panicles. A. dioicus is a vigorous herbaceous perennial forming large clumps to 2m in height, with broad, light green, bipinnate leaves and arching plumes of tiny creamy-white male flowers
Course(s):	HORT 2355

Habit: Arching, Open Form: Oval - vertical Texture: Medium Mature Size: Height: 1.3 - 2.0m Spread: 1.0 - 1.5m Growth Rate: Fast Origin: B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - eastern, Europe Hardiness Rating: Zone 3: (-40 to -34 C) Exposure: Deep shade, Filtered shade, Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade Soil/ Growing Medium: Well-drained Landscape Uses: Dryland (no watering), Native planting, Perennial border, Reclamation, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin Additional Info: Google

Leaf Morphology: Form: Compound Arrangement: Alternate Texture/ Venation: Soft flexible Surfaces: Glabrous, Pubescent Compound Leaf: Bipinnate, Odd-pinnate Colour in Summer: Green Colour in Fall: Yellow Leaf(let) Terms: Shapes: Ovate Apices: Acute Bases: Cordate, Cuneate Margins: Double serrate Additional Info: 2-pinnate, fern-like; right image is of Aruncus dioicus 'Kneiffii'

Inflorescence Type: Floriferous, Panicle Flower Morphology: Monoecious plant Colour (petals): Showy, White, (male flowers white or creamy-white; female flowers greenish-white) Flower Scent: Unpleasant Flower Time at Peak: Jun, Jul Additional Info: female flowers pendent

Fruit Type: Fruit Colour: Yellow, Brown Fruiting Time: Aug, Sep Additional Info: Not showy

Bark or Stem Colour:     Organ Modifications: Rhizomes

Propagation:	Seed, Division - below ground parts
Pest Susceptibility:	Pest resistant, Disease resistant

Location(s): (BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend (JPL) Juglans PLanting (WLG) WoodLand Garden Location Map

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