Habitat: Found throughout the woodlands and prairie thickets of Alberta.
Description: The flowers are small and white that grows in dense clusters at the ends of leafy stems. Each flower resembles a miniature lily which turns into a purple berry when mature. The plant itself grows in dense patches bearing ovate leaves.
Size: 0.5-1m tall
Fun Facts: The berries of this plant are edible but be careful because if you eat too many of them at once they will give you a stomach ache!
Source:
Craighead, John J., Craighead, Frank C., and Davis, Ray J. A Field Guide to Rocky Mountain Wildflowers. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1963. Print
Currah, R., Smreciu, A., and Van Dyk, M. Prairie Wildflowers. Edmonton: Friends of the Devonian Botanic Garden, 1983. Print
Cormack, R.G.H. Wild Flowers of Alberta. Edmonton: Hurtig Publishers, 1977. Print