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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Lamiids: Gentianales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Mitchella repens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Mitchella repens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 173-06-001:
Mitchella repens
FAMILY
Rubiaceae
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.
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Keith Bradley kab_mitchella_repens_7723
May NC
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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
Leaves slightly leathery, ovate to broadly heart-shaped, w whitish midvein, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmmrepens_cainhoyb
May Berkeley County SC
Francis Marion National Forest
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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
The two corollas are quite hairy inside & have their ovaries united, per Wildflowers of Tennessee.
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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.
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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.