| Scientific Name: | Aruncus dioicus |
| Common Name: | goat's beard |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, Canada - eastern, Europe |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Open |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Native planting, Perennial border, Reclamation, Spring interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Bipinnate, Oblong, Ovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, May-Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Follicle, Yellow, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Clump-forming rhizomatous perennial to 2m tall; leaves bi- troripinnate, 10-60cm long (upper leaves smaller and less compounded), with 20+ ovate to narrowly oblong leaflets, most leaflets 5-11cm long x 3-5cm wide, double serrate, pubescent undersides; flowers tiny, creamy-white in large terminal panicles, petioles short. | |