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'''''Vancouveria hexandra''''' ('''Insideout Flower''', '''Duck's Foot Plant''') is a [[perennial plant|perennial]] [[herb]] in the barberry family [[Berberidaceae]]. It is found in [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]], [[Oregon]] and [[California]] and is a common understory herb in moist [[Douglas Fir]] forests.  This plant grows to 12 inches with compound leaves in triplets and is usually found in dense patches.  It gets its name from the small delicate white flowers with petals that are swept back abruptly as if in the process of turning inside out.  The genus honors [[George Vancouver]], the 18th century explorer of the [[Pacific Northwest]].
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Vancouveria hexandra, Morr. & Decne. About 1 ft. high: root-stock woody, slender: lfts. roundish, mostly angulately globed and cordate: scape naked or 1-lvd.: panicle simple or loose-branched: fls. white or cream-colored. May, June. Coniferous woods, Brit. Col. to N. Calif. near the coast. Gn. 30, p. 263.
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Vancouveria hexandra, Morr. & Decne. About 1 ft. high: root-stock woody, slender: lfts. roundish, mostly angulately globed and cordate: scape naked or 1-lvd.: panicle simple or loose-branched: fls. white or cream-colored. May, June. Coniferous woods, Brit. Col. to N. Calif. near the coast.  
 
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Plant Characteristics
Habit   herbaceous

Height: ⇕ 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Width: ⇔ 12 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 12.
Lifespan: ⌛ perennial
Origin: ✈ Washington to California
Bloom: ❀ late spring, early summer
Cultivation
Exposure: ☼ sun, part-sun
Water: ◍ moist
Features: ✓ flowers, foliage
USDA Zones: 7 to 9.5
Scientific Names

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Vancouveria hexandra (Insideout Flower, Duck's Foot Plant) is a perennial herb in the barberry family Berberidaceae. It is found in Washington, Oregon and California and is a common understory herb in moist Douglas Fir forests. This plant grows to 12 inches with compound leaves in triplets and is usually found in dense patches. It gets its name from the small delicate white flowers with petals that are swept back abruptly as if in the process of turning inside out. The genus honors George Vancouver, the 18th century explorer of the Pacific Northwest.


Read about Vancouveria hexandra in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Vancouveria hexandra, Morr. & Decne. About 1 ft. high: root-stock woody, slender: lfts. roundish, mostly angulately globed and cordate: scape naked or 1-lvd.: panicle simple or loose-branched: fls. white or cream-colored. May, June. Coniferous woods, Brit. Col. to N. Calif. near the coast.


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