Botanical name: Aruncus sylvester    Family: Rosaceae (Rose family)
Synonyms: Aruncus asiaticus, Aruncus dioicus var. asiaticus, Aruncus vulgaris

Himalayan Goatsbeard is a plant up to 3 m tall, woody at base. Stems are dark purplish, hairless. Leaves are 2- or 3-pinnate; leaflet-stalks 4-10 mm; leaflets rhombic-ovate, ovate-lanceshaped, or long elliptic, 5-13 x 2-8 cm, nearly hairless on both surfaces, base wedge-shaped, margin irregularly toothed, tip tapering to long tapering. Flowers are borne in lax panicle, 10-40 x 7-17 cm; flower-cluster-stalk and flower-stalks becoming hairless in fruit; bracts and bracteoles sparsely velvet-hairy. Flowers are 2-4 in diameter; flower-stalk about 2 mm. Hypanthium is slightly velvet-hairy. Sepals are spreading or erect in fruit. Male flowers with filaments about twice as long as petals. Himalayan Goatsbeard is found in mixed forests on mountain slopes, valleys, at altitudes of 1800-3500 m, from Himalaya, China to Russian Far East and Japan. Flowering: June-August.

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