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|accepted_name=Diphylleia cymosa
|accepted_authority=Michaux
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|title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|place=1: 203. 1803
|year=1803
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|common_names=Umbrella-leaf
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
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|hierarchy=Berberidaceae;Diphylleia;Diphylleia cymosa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Berberidaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Diphylleia]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Diphylleia cymosa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Leaves </b>of nonflowering shoots 2.5-9 dm. <b>Leaf</b> blades 13-53 cm diam. <b>Flowering</b> shoots 6-12 dm; leaves alternate, unequal in size; proximal leaf petioles 10-18 cm, blades 17-46 × 23-56 cm; distal leaf petioles 3-15 cm, blades 10-38 × 15-51 cm. <b>Leaf</b> blade divided at apex and base into 2 parts, each part 5-9-lobed, lobes broadly acuminate, abaxially sparsely pubescent with unicellular hairs. <b>Inflorescences</b> cymose, glabrous; peduncle 0.2-4 cm; pedicel 0.7-3.5 cm; peduncle and pedicel turning red at fruit maturity. <b>Flowers</b> 7-70 (or more); outer sepals 1.7-4.5 × 0.4 mm; inner sepals 2.5-6 × 3.5-4 mm; outer petals narrowly obovate, 9-11 × 4.5-6 mm; inner petals elliptic to obovate, 10-13×6-7 mm; stamens 3-4 mm; filaments 1-2 mm; anthers 2 × 1 mm; ovaries ellipsoid, 3-5 × 1.5-2.5 mm; stigma 0.5-1 mm. <b>Berries</b> 6-13 × 4-11 mm. <b>Seeds</b> 2-4, 4-7 × 2-5 mm, abaxially rounded, adaxially flattened to concave. <b>2n</b> = 12.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring, fruiting summer.
|habitat=Forming dense colonies on moist slopes in mixed deciduous forests, in seepages, or along streams
|elevation=800-1700 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|discussion=<p>Diphylleia cymosa is endemic to the Blue Ridge Mountains of the southern Appalachians. It is occasionally grown in woodland gardens.</p><!--
--><p>Cherokee Indians are reported to have used D. cymosa to treat a variety of ailments and as a disinfectant (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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name=Diphylleia cymosa
|author=
|authority=Michaux
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
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|family=Berberidaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring, fruiting summer.
|habitat=Forming dense colonies on moist slopes in mixed deciduous forests, in seepages, or along streams
|elevation=800-1700 m
|distribution=Ga.;N.C.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Bor.-Amer.
|publication year=1803
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Diphylleia
|species=Diphylleia cymosa
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