Definition of Peltiphyllum peltatum

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.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Peltiphyllum Peltatum

Pellow
Pelobatidae
Peloponnese
Peloponnesian
Peloponnesian Peninsula
Peloponnesian War
Peloponnesians
Peloponnesus
Pelops
Peltandra
Peltandra virginica
Peltier
Peltier cooling
Peltier effect
Peltiphyllum
Peltiphyllum peltatum (current term)
Pelusiac
Pelycosauria
Pema
Pemako
Pembroke
Pembroke Welsh corgi
Pembrokeshire
Pempheridae
Penang
Penang Sign Language
Penang lawyer
Penang lawyers
Pendry

Literary usage of Peltiphyllum peltatum

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Guidebook of the Western United States by Joseph Silas Diller (1916)
"... there flashing more quietly under the large leaves of the water) saxifrage (Peltiphyllum peltatum), which grows in beautiful masses »r along the water's ..."

2. Muhlenbergia: A Journal of Botany by Amos Arthur Heller (1907)
"Peltiphyllum peltatum is plentiful on the banks of a little creek that flows from Milwood, Fresno county, to the middle fork of King's river. ..."

3. Guidebook of the Western United States by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1915)
"The clear rushing Sacramento, here foaming over bowlders, there flashing more quietly under the large leaves of the water saxifrage (Peltiphyllum peltatum), ..."

4. Bulletin by Geological Survey (U.S.) (1915)
"The clear rushing Sacramento, here foaming over bowlders, there flashing more quietly under the large leaves of the water saxifrage (Peltiphyllum peltatum), ..."

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