| Scientific Name: | Rodgersia pinnata |
| Common Name: | rodgersia |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 0.6 - 1.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Mounded |
| Texture: | Very coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Perennial border, Waterside planting, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Alternate, Basal, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Rugose, Pubescent, Odd-pinnate, Elliptic, Oblong, Obovate, Double serrate |
| Flowers: | Panicle, White, Yellow, Pink, Red, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves mainly basal, pinnately compound or may appear palmate like horse chestnut, 5-9 leaflets, most obovate, (7-)10-20(-32)cm long × 5-10cm wide, margin double serrate, crinkled, pubescent undersides along veins, petioles 4-33cm long; panicles 12-31cm long (reminiscent of astilbe), flowers, 4-6mm wide, sepals petal-like, cream to pink to red, Jun-Jul. | |