Name this Perennial now thru 2.19.2010, win  free packing from any GrowNur 's Perennials
photo taken 1.11.09 in  zone 5b, protected from frost by fallen leaves
more hints:  this plant isn't listed on our Plants page, as far as I know isn't noted for its colorful fall foliage,
the plant isn't listed on GrowNur Availability
last hint:(a dead give away) maybe!, In the 1976 film "Silver Streak" Gene Wilder poses as a publisher
and perhaps a writer of garden books, he mentions this plant in the film