| Scientific Name: | Tolmiea menziesii |
| Common Name: | piggyback plant |
| Family Name: | Saxifragaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Ground cover, Herbaceous perennial, Indoor foliage plant |
| Mature Size: | 0.4 - 0.7m x 0.3 - 0.6m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Spreading |
| Form: | Mounded, Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Container planting, Ground cover, Group or mass planting, Indoor plant, Perennial border, Reclamation, Summer interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade, Deep shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Humus rich |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Basal, Soft flexible, Pubescent, Glandular hairs, Reniform, Pinnately lobed, Serrate |
| Flowers: | Raceme, Green, Purple, Brown, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Capsule, Brown, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Spreading herbaceous perennial; leaves basal, ovate most blades 7-12cm long x 5-11cm wide, pubescent, base cordate, margin lobed and toothed, baby leaves arise on the petiole where attached to the older leaf base. | |