Darmera peltata
- noun
- Specialized
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Darmera peltata
- In spring, Darmera peltata produces pink flower clusters before the leaves fully emerge.
Examples
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Darmera peltata thrives in moist soil along stream banks in its native habitat.
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The bold foliage of Darmera peltata provides stunning contrast in shade gardens.
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The Darmera peltata blooms beautifully in the spring.
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Have you seen a Darmera peltata in the garden?
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Darmera peltata is commonly found in the Sierra Nevada, where it flourishes in wet, shaded areas.
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Darmera peltata displays large, umbrella-like leaves and clusters of pink flowers in the spring.
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Darmera peltata can often be seen growing near streams, adding beauty to the natural landscape.
Synonyms
A perennial plant with large round leaves and groups of bright pink or white flowers that grows beside streams
A perennial plant with large shield-shaped leaves and white to bright pink flowers that grows by mountain streams in California
A perennial plant with large umbrella-like leaves and white to pink flower clusters near streams
Surface Forms
Morphology
Darmera + peltata
This is a taxonomic Latin binomial combining a genus name and a species epithet, so knowing 'Darmera' (a plant genus) and 'peltata' (from peltate, meaning shield-shaped leaves) would allow a learner to infer it is a particular Darmera species, i.e. a plant with peltate leaves; the genus+epithet pattern is predictable and used cross-linguistically. However, the epithet is a Latin morphological element not part of everyday English and the name mainly functions as a fixed label rather than a freely compositional phrase, so the full descriptive nuances are not entirely transparent to an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Darmera peltata combines a group name and the Latin word peltata, which means 'shield-shaped'. The name is a good memory hook because the plant's large round leaves sit like little shields and its tall, leafless flower stems rise before the leaves, so the name helps you picture the plant.
