Common name:
Fringecups
Family:
Scientific name:
Tellima grandiflora
Main flower color:
Range:
Scattered locations across the British Isles; an introduced species, from North America
Height:
Up to 100 cm
Habitat:
Damp shady woodland, especially beside streams
Flowers:
Ribbed, green calyces and five whitish green petals (ageing to pink), irregularly pinnately divided into narrow lobes. Flowers are alternately arranged in a vertical cluster at the top of the stem
Leaves:
Approximately round in outline, shallowly palmately divided into irregularly toothed lobes. Covered by a few bristly hairs and attached by stalks with a denser hair covering. Leaves grow at the base and at widely-spaced intervals along the lower stem
Season:
April to July
Rarity:
★★★★★
