General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Partial or Dappled Shade
Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 3 -40 °C (-40 °F) to -37.2 °C (-35)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 7b
Plant Height: 5 to 10 inches
Fruit: Showy
Other: Green berries maturing from green, to white and then an attractive deep porcelain-blue.
Fruiting Time: Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Yellow
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Underground structures: Rhizome
Pollinators: Various insects

Image
Common names
  • Bluebead Lily
  • Blue Bead Lily
  • Yellow Corn-Lily
  • Dogberry
  • Yellow Bluebead-Lily

Photo Gallery
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-05-31
Resilient… blooms despite loss of shade
Location: Sherburne, Minnesota
Date: 05/26/2015
photo by Brett Whaley via Flicker: https://www.flickr.com/photos/
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2016-05-22
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-07-16
Gorgeous blue fruit (inedible:  low severity toxicity)
Uploaded by SongofJoy
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2016-05-22
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2017-07-09

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