Astilboides

noun

Herbs perennial. Rhizome thick. Basal leaves long petiolate; leaf blade peltate, palmatilobed. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Flowers small. Sepals 4 or 5. Petals 4 or 5. Stamens (6-) 8; filaments filiform. Carpels 2(-4), proximally connate; ovary semi-inferior, 2(-4) -loculed; ovules many; styles 2-4. Capsule 2-4-valved. Seeds narrowly ovoid, winged.