Beesia deltophylla C.Y.Wu
- Common Name:
- Family: Ranunculaceae Juss.
- Description: Very nice small, evergreen groundcover from China with shiny, heart-shaped leaves and spikes of white flowers in late summer. Lovely vein patterns add texture to the leathery foliage.2
Rhizome ca. 4 mm in diam. Scapes more than 14 cm, to 34 cm at fruiting, 1--2 mm in diam., basally subglabrous, apically spreading white pubescent. Basal leaves 2 or 3, long petiolate; petiole 5.5--14.5 cm, densely spreading white pubescent; leaf blade ovate-triangular, 4--9 × 2.8--5.9 cm, abaxially pale green, glabrous, adaxially green, base deeply cordate, margin sparsely 7--16-dentate on each side, teeth 3--8 mm wide at base, apex acuminate to long acuminate. Inflorescence paniculate-cymose; bracts subulate, 1--4 mm. Flowers 6--7 mm in diam.; pedicel 5--10 mm, densely spreading pubescent. Sepals white, ovate-elliptic, 4--4.5 × 2--2.5 mm, glabrous, apex acute. Stamens shorter than sepals; anthers yellowish. Follicle yellowish brown, ca. 1 cm, flat, lanceolate-linear, sparsely pubescent, with ca. 4 obliquely transverse veins. Seeds several, ca. 2 mm, obliquely corrugate. Fl. Jul, fr. Jul--Sep.3
- Culture: Plants form clumps 18" wide x 1 ft tall in dappled shade to full shade. Tolerant of many soils but best planted in areas that are consistently moist and well-drained soil. Creates a good backdrop for other shade loving perennials. Frost hardy to -10F, USDA zone 6.2
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201400193
- Source: Cistus Nursery
- Accession Date: 10-02-2014
- Bench: 2301 - Temperate Asia
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eudicots
- Order: Ranunculales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Ranunculaceae
- SubFamily: Ranunculoideae
- Tribe: Cimicifugeae
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Flowering Data:
This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References (internal):
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 17 September 2014.
- Cistus Nursery online catalog. Accessed 6 October 2014.
- Flora of China. Last accessed on Wednesday, 08 May, 2019.
data regenerated on Mon, 24 Mar 2025 12:03:30 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days