Herb Paris
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Paris quadrifolia
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May-June
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A rhizomatous, perennial herb of moist, calcareous, usually ancient, woodland, and occasionally found in grikes on open limestone pavement. It flowers and fruits most freely in the open stages of the coppice cycle, but persists in deep shade, and is well adapted to such conditions in managed woodland. Generally lowland, but reaching 360 m at Great Asby Scar (Westmorland) and Garrigill (Cumberland).
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Flower from Brook in Kent on 6 May
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Flower bud from Triesenburg on 9 May
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Juvenile Foliage from Triesenburg in Liechenstein on 4 May
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Form from Brook on 6 May
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