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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mitchella repens   FAMILY Rubiaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitchella repens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-06-001:

Mitchella repens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Mitchella repens

 

COMMON NAME:
Partridgeberry, Twinflower


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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_mire_001_lvd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / US Forest Service    pnd_mire_005_lhd

        

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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_mire_007_lvd

        

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Diane Creaton    dmc_mrepensfleucocarpa

February    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Mitchella repens f. leucocarpa - a naturally occurring form with white berries.

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_m_repens

March        

Flowers occur in pairs, then fuse to form a single berry-like fruit, per Wild Flowers of NC, 1st edition.

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Gill Newberry    gn05_m_repens_fruits

May        

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JK Marlow    jkm070506_062

May    Gaston County    NC

Redlair Farms

Emerging pairs of flower buds.

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JK Marlow    jkm080531_004b

May    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Fragrant, tubular flowers are borne in pairs on terminal stalks, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm190518_8467

May    Greenville County    SC

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Keith Bradley    kab_mitchella_repens_7723

May        NC

The two corollas are quite hairy inside & have their ovaries united, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

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Keith Bradley    kab_mitchella_repens_7734

May        NC

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmrepens_cainhoy

May    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

Plants in maritime forests are more robust than others, the stems sometimes 20-30cm tall, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

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Patrick D. McMillan    pdmmrepens_lr2

May    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mitchella_repens_3

May        

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Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_mitchella_repens_3b

May        

Leaves slightly leathery, ovate to broadly heart-shaped, w whitish midvein, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

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JK Marlow    jkm130623_285

June    Greenville County    SC

Gateway Elementary School Nature Trail

Mitchella repens f. leucocarpa.

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Steve Marlow    snm160603_018

June        NC

Foothills Trail

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Tim Spira    tpsmrepens

June        

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Tim Spira    tpsmrepens2

June        

The bases of the 2 calyces are usually fused; calyx 3-4mm long, lobes minute, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

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JK Marlow    jkm0311b_26

November    Sevier County    TN

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Dan Whitten    sdw121312_dsc00247

December    Pickens County    SC

Keowee Toxaway State Natural Area

Mitchella repens f. leucocarpa.

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Mitchella repens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitchella repens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 173-06-001:
Mitchella repens   FAMILY Rubiaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Mitchella repens

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

938

Subshrub; Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Deciduous and coniferous forests, stream-banks, heath balds, maritime forests, on rotten logs and hummocks in bottomlands and other wetter habitats, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common

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LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Opposite
Margins entire

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
White
Radially symmetrical
4-lobed corolla
4 well exserted stamens
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Summer
Red/White
Berry

 

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