Plant to about 40 cm tall. Leaves simple, ovate, lobed or dissected. Flower clusters narrow. Flowers white; summer.
Japan.
Source: (2002). Saxifragaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Aphrodite'
Flowers carmine. Raised e. Pagels, 1958.
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Bronce Elegans'
Dwarf to about 30 cm tall, the pink flowers tinted with bronze. Late summer. Raised g. Arends, 1956. ['Bronze Elegans']
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Dunkellachs'
Dwarf to 30 cm tall, flowers pink, the leaves copper-tinted. Raised g. Arends, 1940.
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Praecox Alba'
Dwarf plant to 30 cm tall with early white flowers. Raised g. Arends, 1952.
Plant to 30 cm or so tall, the flowers rose-coloured. Raised g. Arends,1923.
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Sprite'
Plant to 50 cm tall, with pale pink flowers. Origin unlocated.
Astilbe simplicifolia 'Willy Buchanan'
Dwarf plant to about 20 cm tall, with pink flowers. Origin unlocated.