Species information
Other scientific names
Hacquetia epipactis
Description
An umbellifer with small five-parted flowers grouped into umbels. An early spring woodland perennial in which tiny yellow flowers are surrounded by a conspicuous ring of green bracts.
Typical season
Timing varies with site and year.
Habitat conditions
Habitat
forest · forest edge
Pollination
insect pollination
Interesting facts
The genus is named after Balthasar Hacquet, the naturalist who researched the flora of Carniola in the eighteenth century.
LifeSystems