Authors: L.  

Botanical Description

Leaves heart-shaped, hairy underneath, 3-8cm long, 2.5-5cm wide, on stalks to 5cm long. Flowering stems 5-20cm tall, with usually two leaves, short-stalked or occasionally the upper stalkless. Flowers 3-5mm across, in racemes l-5cm long, late spring to early summer. Fruits to 6mm, green turning red. Western Europe to Japan, in woodland. Var. yakushimense an attractive micro form from S. Japan.

a, M. canadense; b, M. bifolium;