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Photographer: Hugh H. Iltis
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Family Rubiaceae
Mitchella repens L.
partridgeberry
Mitchella: for Dr. John Mitchell, Virginian and early correspondent of Linnaeus, and excellent botanist
repens: having creeping and rooting stems
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, 4"-12" tall, evergreen forb; stems rooting from the nodes forming large mats |
| Flower: | white, 4-parted, 1/3"-1/2" long, funnel-shaped, hairy throat, sometimes with 3, 5 or 6 lobes; inflorescence mostly a terminal cluster of 2 flowers; blooms June-July |
| Fruit: | red, twin berry with 8 seeded |
| Leaf: | round to oval, stalked, opposite, dark green with a white, center stripe |
| Habitat: | dry; woods, forests |
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