| Scientific Name: | Rodgersia aesculifolia |
| Common Name: | fingerleaf 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, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Container planting, Mixed shrub border, Perennial border, Summer interest, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Basal, Sessile, Leathery, Pubescent, Tomentose, Digitate (palmate), Oblanceolate, Obovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Red, Brown, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mainly basal, palmately compound, 5-7(-9) leaflets, sessile, obovate-oblanceolate, (8-)15-30cm long x (3-)5-12(-17)cm wide, crinkled, margin double serrate (reminiscent of horse chestnut), petioles 15-40cm long; panicles terminal (reminiscent of astilbe), 45-60cm long, flowers fragrant, sepals petal like, (4-)5(-6) per flower, creamy white (sometimes light pink), Jun-Jul. | |