 The apex of each stem has whorl of three abruptly pointed bracts long and broad, and on strong stems, also a solitary flower hanging below the leaves on a peduncle.The flower is perfect, with three slender pale green sepals long, three broad white (rarely pink) petals long and broad, six purple stamens, and a solitary pistil; flowering is in late spring to early summer.The fruit is a six-lobed reddish berry up to in diameter, ripening in late summer.