Lords and ladies

An early flowering plant, lords-and-ladies can be seen in April and May. It is a shade-loving plant of woodlands and hedgerows, and is particularly distinctive as it displays a pale green sheath surrounding a purple or yellow 'spadix' (a spike of tiny flowers on a fleshy stem). This spadix eventually produces an upright stalk of bright red berries . These berries are toxic to humans .
Also often known as the 'cuckoo pint', a plant with shiny arrow shaped leaves often with dark spots.
The flower is designed to attract flies for pollination and club shaped spike releases a urine-like odour.