Fairybell

Dipsorum hookeri & trachycarpum (pictured) - Lily Family

Disporum means two seeds

Both species are nearly identical except for the orientation of the tiny hairs on the leaves.  Rough Fruited Fairybell (pictured) is most commonly found in our area in moist to dry forests at low to mid elevations.  Each flower bears an oval berry whose edibility is contested.  The berry is yellow through red in colour and rough, warty and velvety in texture.

First Noted:

April 14, 2012

April 28, 2011