Common name:
Herb paris
Family:
Scientific name:
Paris quadrifolia
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations across England, Wales and south Scotland
Height:
Up to 40 cm
Habitat:
Damp woodland, usually on calcareous soil
Flowers:
Solitary, attached by a stalk of up to 4 cm, formed of four narrow green petals, four broader green sepals (up to 3 cm long) and eight stamens
Fruit:
A bluish-black berry
Leaves:
Broadly obovate, up to 12 cm long, crossed by branched veins. In a whorl, usually of four, less often three or five, at the top of the otherwise leafless, and hairless stem
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
