Base de datos de plantas del FNPS

Mitchella repens

partridge berry, twinberry
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Shirley Denton, Suncoast Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: John Bradford, Martin County Chapter FNPS
  • Photo by: Eleanor Dietrich, Magnolia Chapter FNPS

Nomenclatura

Nombre común:

partridge berry, twinberry

Sinónimo(s):

Especie del género:

Mitchella repens

Familia:

Rubiaceae

Especificaciones de la planta

Forma:

flower

Tamaño:

1-2 inches ft

Esperanza de vida:

Long-lived perennial

Color de la flor:

white

Color de la fruta:

red

Fenología:

evergreen

Destacado por:

Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Interesting Foliage

Paisajismo

Usos recomendados:

Typically grown as a curiosity. This is a very small plant that acts as a groundcover with the caveat that the plants are very small. Keep it in a natural forested setting or establish in such an area.

Consideraciones:

Disponibilidad:

Seed, Friends

Propagación:

Seed or division of existing groups of plants.

Luz:

Shade

Tolerancia a la humedad:

Siempre inundado---------------------------------Extremadamente seco

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Somewhat moist, no flooding -a- Not wet but not extremely dry

Tolerancia a inundaciones por agua salada:

Unknown

Tolerancia a la niebla salina/suelo salado:

Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Suelo u otro sustrato:

Sand, Loam

pH del suelo:

Acid to neutral

Apto para cultivo en:

8A,8B,9A,9B

Las zonas del USDA se basan en la temperatura mínima extrema invernal anual promedio.

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Acreditado en:

Distribution
Vouchered
Not vouchered
Selected
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Starting…
Map coded by Melissa Fernandez-de Cespedes (Paynes Prairie Chapter)

Ecología

Fauna:

Pollinators, Birds, Mammals

Bumblebees pollinate the flowers. Cross-pollination, required for seed set, is controlled by factors that permit germination of pollen from long anthers only on the stigmas of a different flower with a long styles; conversely, pollen from short anthers can germinate only on the stigmas of a different flower with a short styles. ( VNPS ).





 

Birds  and small mammals consume the berries which mature in the fall and are retained through the winter and spring. 

Hábitats nativos:

Hammocks, upland hardwood forests, upland mixed forest, seep slopes, second bottom and levees in floodplains.

Área de distribución natural en Florida:

Comentarios:

Etnobotánica:

Comentarios generales:

This  little plant produces two flowers with ovaries that fuse into a single fruit.
FNPS Plant Print

Citas:

Wunderlin, R. P., B. F. Hansen, A. R. Franck, and F. B. Essig. (1999+). Atlas of Florida Plants. ( https://florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/ ). [S. M. Landry and K. N. Campbell (application development), USF Water Institute.] Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa.

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