Berberidaceae
Redwood insideout flower
Vancouveria planipetala
- Family
- Berberidaceae
- Genus
- Vancouveria
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Redwood insideout flower
Synonyms
- Epimedium hexandrum f. planipetalum (Calloni) Himmelb.
- Epimedium parviflorum (Greene) Kom.
- Epimedium planipetalum (Calloni) Citerne
- Vancouveria chrysantha var. parviflora (Greene) Jeps.
- Vancouveria concolor Greene
- Vancouveria crispa Greene
- Vancouveria parviflora Greene
- Vancouveria vaseyi Greene
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Felicia Gershberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ken-ichi Ueda, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: joergmlpts, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael A. Thaibinh, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Keenan Pepper, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Trevor Van Loon, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.