Kirengeshoma palmata - Yellow Wax Bells

Kirengeshoma palmata is a somewhat shrubby, herbaceous perennial with erect, purplish stems typically growing 3-4.5' tall. Features coarsely toothed, deeply lobed, maple-like leaves which are perhaps the most outstanding feature of the plant. Waxy, bell-shaped yellow flowers  appear in both terminal and upper leaf axillary clusters, usually three flowers per cluster, from late summer to early autumn. Flowers give way to somewhat grotesquely interesting, three-horned, brownish-green seed capsules.