umbrella plant

/ˈʌmˌbrɛlə plænt/

Other forms: umbrella plants

Definitions of umbrella plant

1. noun

   rhizomatous perennial herb with large dramatic peltate leaves and white to bright pink flowers in round heads on leafless stems; colonizes stream banks in the Sierra Nevada in California
   synonyms: Darmera peltata, Indian rhubarb, Peltiphyllum peltatum

   type of:

   herb, herbaceous plant

   a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
2. noun

   late blooming perennial plant of shale barrens of Virginia having flowers in flat-topped clusters
   synonyms: Eriogonum allenii

   type of:

   eriogonum

   any plant of the genus Eriogonum with small clustered flowers
3. noun

   African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
   synonyms: Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella sedge

   type of:

   sedge

   grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers