Fairybells, Rough-fruited Fairybell
Disporum trachycarpum

Family: Colchicaceae

What it is like

A small herb. It grows 25-80 cm high. There are several leaves on weak spreading stalks. The leaves are oval and clasp the stalk. The flowers are white or greenish-yellow. They occur as 1-4 together drooping from slender stalks at the ends of the leafy stems. Each flower in lily like and 12-20 mm long. The fruit are large, soft, orange-red berries.

There are 20 Disporum species.

Where it is found

It is a temperate plant. It grows in moist, shady places in forests.

Countries/locations it is found in

Canada, North America, USA

How it is used for food

The fruit are eaten raw or cooked.

Edible parts

Fruit

How it is grown

Its other names

Local names

Synonyms

Probably now Prosartes trachycarpa;