Common name:
White bryony
Family:
Scientific name:
Bryonia dioica
Main flower color:
Range:
England and east Wales
Height:
Up to 4 m; a creeper, using other plants for support
Habitat:
Hedgebanks, woodland margins, scrub; especially on calcareous soils
Flowers:
White to pale green, up to 18 mm in diameter, with five hairy, veined petals. Flowers are either male, with five stamens, or female, with three stigmas; they form at the leaf nodes, and are rather inconspicuous compared with the abundant foliage
Fruit:
Shiny red berries
Leaves:
Relatively large (up to 7 cm across), triangular, with five palmate lobes and a sparse covering of short, bristly hairs (as has the stem). Leaves are attached by long stalks, which have a coiled tendril at the base
Season:
May to September
Rarity:
★★★★★
