| Scientific Name: | Astilboides tabularis |
| Common Name: | shieldleaf rodgersia |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | 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: | Simple, Alternate, Soft flexible, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Green, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves basal, orbicular, mature to 30-60(-90)cm wide, petioles 30-70(-95)cm long; flowers ~5mm wide, white to pink, in panicles 15-20cm long on peduncles 30-50cm long (reminiscent of astilbe). | |