PLANT OF THE MONTH

March 2024

Latin Name:  Hacquetia epipactis

Common Name:  Hacquetia

Family:  Apiaceae

Type:  Herbaceous Perennial

Origin:  Eastern Europe

Location at Bloedel Reserve:  Arrival Garden and Rhododendron Glen

Garden Uses:  Naturalize, Woodland Garden

Fun Fact:  Blooming just before the leaves emerge, this compact rhizomatous perennial will display pinhead-like yellow flowers. Like flowers of a dogwood, each flower umbel is subtended by green petal-like bracts. The genus name honors an Austrian writer on alpine plants by the name of Balthasar Hacquet.