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).
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]
Flower color | white |
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Flowering season | summer |