partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
Summary 5
Mitchella repens (partridge berry, or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae).
General description 6
Mitchella repens L.
Distribution
Margins of wet pine savannas (VWLPS) and adjacent swamps.
Notes
Infrequent. May–Jun ; Jun–Jul . Thornhill 835, 1262 (NCSC). Specimens seen in the vicinity: Sandy Run [RMK]: Taggart SARU 133 (WNC!). [= RAB, Weakley]
Sources and Credits
- (c) Susan Elliott, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Susan Elliott
- (c) Emily Stone, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Emily Stone
- (c) Cooper, G.A., some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10330509
- (c) anonymous, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/photos/partr_berry2.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchella_repens
- Adapted by Laura J. Costello from a work by (c) Unknown, some rights reserved (<license>Public Domain</license>), http://eol.org/data_objects/31440415
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- Go Botany
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- VASCAN by Canadensys
- World Flora Online
Range Map
iNat Map
| Flower color | white |
|---|---|
| Flowering season | summer |
