Partridge-Berry -- Mitchella repens



Family Rubiaceae (Madder family)

Most people are more familiar with the scarlet-red berries produced by this creeper, which appear in late summer and persist through the winter to the next spring. It produces twin tubular flowers with four petals in May and June and appears to be fairly common along streams and moist hillsides.


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