Kirengeshoma palmata, the yellow wax bells, is a species of flowering plant in the family Hydrangeaceae, native to Japan and eastern China (Huangshan and Tianmushan).

[1] It is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial growing to 60–120 cm (24–47 in) tall by 75 cm (30 in) broad, with sycamore-like palmate leaves, and fleshy, pale yellow flowers borne on slender maroon stems in late summer.

It is a calcifuge, suitable for cultivation in a shady, moist location in acid soil.

[2] The Koreana Group of Kirengeshoma palmata has received the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

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