Herb Paris

Growth habit

Herbaceous

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Native distribution

Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, Temperate E Asia

Location

Groundcover Collection

Source of plant

Heronswood, Jelitto Perennial Seeds, Gardens North, F. Robert Wesley

Description

Stems glabrous, 15-40cm. Leaves usually 4, ovate with short petiole; if leaves more or less than 4, then other parts equal number of leaves. Flowers erect, pedicel 2-8cm, yellow green; sepals 4, green, lanceolate, 2.5-3.5cm; petals 4, equalling sepals, very narrow, flattened, acute; stamens erect, filaments short, equal to anthers, connective long; ovary globose, 4-celled; styles 4, shorter than stamens.

USDA Hardiness Zone

6