umbrella plant
• noun
Any of several cultivated houseplants or wetland perennials with radially arranged leaves or bracts resembling the ribs of an umbrella, especially the dwarf umbrella tree (Heptapleurum arboricola, formerly Schefflera arboricola) in the family Araliaceae or the umbrella papyrus (Cyperus involucratus) in the sedge family Cyperaceae.
"She placed a potted umbrella plant in the bright corner of the living room to add lush greenery."
North American A large perennial flowering herb (Darmera peltata) in the family Saxifragaceae, native to mountain streams of western North America, bearing rounded clusters of five-petaled pink to white blossoms in spring before its broad, shield-shaped leaves unfurl.
"Clusters of pink blossoms from the wild umbrella plant lined the rocky banks of the mountain creek in early spring."
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