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Partridgeberry [Mitchella repens]

Flower      

Common Name: Partridgeberry
Scientic Name: Mitchella repens
Colors: White
Months Appearing: June, July

Also called " Two - eyed Berry".

Flowers white with inner surface of petals having a dense white "fuzz". About 1/2 inch in diameter.

Spreads on ground in mats. Only inches tall. Leaves round to egg shaped about 1/2 to 3/4 inch in diameter.

Berry is red with 2 "eyes".

Patial shade. Canyon Falls Roadside Park, Alberta, Upper Peninsula, Michigan. July 5        0835