| Scientific Name: | Podophyllum cymosum |
| Common Name: | umbrella leaf |
| Family Name: | Berberidaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southwest |
| 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: | Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Glabrous, Orbicular, Palmately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Berry (true), Blue, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves usually 2 per flowering stem, alternate, peltate, orbicular, most 25-35cm wide, margin palmately lobed and serrate, apex ; corymb-like cymes of flowers 2-3cm wide with 6 white petals, May-Jun; berries dark blue, glaucous, on red rachis, Jul-Sep. | |