Fairybells

"Rough Fruited Fairybells"
(My book says Disporum trachycarpum; E-Flora says Prosartes trachycarpa)

2008 May 17

2008 May 17

2007 June 17
The fruit just beginning to form.

2007 August 9

2007 August 12
This plant was growing right off our back deck ... so I popped down and snitched that fruit on the right. I wanted to see how many seeds it contained and what they looked like. If you click on the picture and look closely at the edge of the leaves, you'll notice that the hairs on the edge stick straight out. The hairs on the edge of Hooker's Fairybells point towards the tip of the leaf.

2007 August 12
The book says the berries can contain anywheres from 6 - 12 seeds. This one contained nine.

2007 August 15

This picture shows up just how it got it's name "rough fruited" as the berries really are quite nubby looking!

This plant is a perennial, growing from slender, creeping rhizomes. Grizzlies find it tasty. Some First Nation peoples ate the berries while others did not.