Twisted Stalk

Did you know

• The flower stalk makes an abrupt twist or kink just below each flower, giving the plant its distinctive common name.
• The genus name Streptopus derives from the Greek 'streptos' (twisted) and 'pous' (foot), describing this same feature.
• Flowers hang hidden beneath the leaves, visible only when you look underneath — a subtle charm that rewards close examination.
• The bright red to orange berries that follow are edible in small quantities but mildly laxative in excess.
• It has a remarkably wide holarctic distribution, growing in moist forest understories across much of the Northern Hemisphere.

Color meanings

Uses

• ornamental
• woodland garden
• native planting