Syneilesis palmata Panicum and then crossed with the

and then crossed with the white-top pitcher plant (Sarracenia leucophylla)

In the early 1840s at Australia's Camden Park

Moist soil

it was great to finally see it growing wild in Taiwan in 2008

which are in turn topped with 2' tall spikes of near white flowers in midsummer

Syneilesis palmata Panicum and then crossed with theSyneilesis palmata looks so much like a mayapple (barberry family) that it's almost impossible to fathom it is actually a ligularia cousin (aster family). Syneilesis palmata is similar to Syneilesis aconitifolia but more deeply cut, with fewer leaf segments. Syneilesis palmata emerges with silky green leaves that open like a miniature umbrella to 6" wide, each sitting atop a 15" tall stem. The clumps enlarge thanks to a slowly spreading rhizome. For