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Partridgeberry
Partridgeberry
Mitchella repens
Plantae
COMMON

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Tiny
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Temperate forest
Range
North America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Common

About

A low-growing evergreen vine native to eastern North America, partridgeberry produces pairs of tiny white trumpet flowers that fuse at the ovary — leaving a distinctive double dimple on each bright red berry that persists through winter.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Gentianales
Family
Rubiaceae
Genus
Mitchella
Species
Mitchella repens