| Scientific Name: | Kirengeshoma palmata |
| Common Name: | yellow waxbells |
| Family Name: | Hydrangeaceae |
| 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 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Cut flower or foliage, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Palmate venation, Pubescent, Orbicular, Ovate, Dentate, Palmately lobed |
| Flowers: | Cyme, Yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Green, Brown, Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, most orbicular, 10-20 cm wide, palmately veined with 5-7 deep lobes, margin coarsely toothed; flowers waxy yellow, drooping, bell-shaped; capsules three-horned, brownish-green. | |