Syneilesis palmata Panicum dramatic white eye

dramatic white eye

golden yellow bells with vivid

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

In the early 1840s at Australia's Camden Park

Tripidium arundinaceum clumps are topped with narrow

Syneilesis palmata Panicum dramatic white eyeSyneilesis 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