Common name:
Wild privet
Family:
Scientific name:
Ligustrum vulgare
Main flower color:
Range:
Common across Wales and the southern half of England; more scattered elsewhere in the UK
Height:
Up to 10 m; a shrub
Habitat:
Scrub, rough grassland, hedges, often on calcareous soils
Flowers:
Small, around 4 mm in diameter; a short, tubular, creamy-white corolla opening to four oval lobes, containing two stamens topped by pale green anthers. Below are four small sepals. Flowers are produced in a dense, terminal, panicular cluster
Fruit:
Clusters of shiny berries, ripening to black
Leaves:
Hairless, opposite, ovate, semi-evergreen
Season:
May to June
Rarity:
★★★★★
