March 2024–Hacquetia epipactis
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.
