Common names:
Black bryony, black bindweed
Family:
Scientific name:
Dioscorea communis
Synonym:
Tamus communis
Main flower color:
Range:
England and Wales
Height:
Up to 3 m
Habitat:
Open woodland, scrub, hedges, often in calcareous locations
Flowers:
Yellowish-green, bell-shaped corolla opening to six narrow lobes (petals and sepals), about 5 mm in diameter. Flowers are either male, containing six stamens, or female. Flowers form in small clusters from the upper leaf nodes
Fruit:
Red berries, about 10 mm in diameter
Leaves:
Up to 10 cm in length, cordate, glossy, glabrous, tapering to a pointed tip; attached by long stalks
Season:
July to August
Rarity:
★★★★★
