Vancouveria planipetala is a species of flowering plant in the barberry family known by the common names redwood inside-out flower and redwood ivy.

Vancouveria planipetala is a rhizomatous perennial herb with a short, mostly underground stem.

It produces a patch of basal leaves which are each made up of round or heart-shaped leaflets borne on long, reddish petioles.

They are a few millimeters in length, white, and reflexed back, or upwards, away from the flower center.

Lying against the sepals are the smaller true petals, which are white or purple-tinged and flat-tipped or notched.