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Paris quadrifolia (Herb Paris)

Synonyms: Paris pentafolia; Paris quadrifolia var. angustiovata; Paris trifolia

Wikipedia Abstract

Paris quadrifolia, the herb-paris or true lover's knot, is a Eurasian species of flowering plant in the family Melanthiaceae, although authorities formerly regarded it as part of the Liliaceae family. It is related to Trillium, with which it can be confused. Trillium, however, is generally 3-merous (3 leaves per whorl, 3 petals etc.), whereas Paris quadrifolia is 4-merous.
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Attributes

Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Hazards [1]  The plant is poisonous in large doses; This refers to the fruit;
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Flies, Midges, Bats
Scent [1]  The flowers emit a strong unpleasant smell rather like decaying meat;
Structure [3]  Herb
Usage [1]  A red dye is obtained from the berries; A yellow dye is obtained from the leaves;
Height [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Light Preference [2]  Mostly Shady
Soil Acidity [2]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [2]  Intermediate
Soil Moisture [2]  Moist
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Protected Areas

Predators

Americina vittata[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Puccinia sessilis (Arum Rust)[5]

External References

Citations

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♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2ECOFACT 2a Technical Annex - Ellenberg’s indicator values for British Plants, M O Hill, J O Mountford, D B Roy & R G H Bunce (1999)
♦ 3Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 4Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
♦ 5Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0