Mitchella repens (commonly partridge berry or squaw vine) is the best known plant in the genus Mitchella. It is a creeping prostrate herbaceous woody shrub occurring in North America belonging to the madder family (Rubiaceae).
(Rubiaceae). Mitchellarepens is one of the many species first described by Carl Linnaeus. Its species name is the Latin adjective repens, which means...
mossy hummocks. The fruits of Mitchellarepens, known as partridge berries, are eaten in some places. Mitchellarepens L. - partridge berry - from eastern...
as partridge berry, that name more often refers to the ground cover Mitchellarepens. The plant has been used by various tribes of Native Americans for...
berry is commonly applied to a number of plant species including: Mitchellarepens Gaultheria procumbens Vaccinium vitis-idaea (in Newfoundland and Labrador)...
procumbens Maianthemum dilatatum, native to western North America Mitchellarepens, native to North America Vaccinium stamineum, native to North America...
and a host of other plants, including the American partridge-berry (Mitchellarepens). These are called dimorphic heterostyled plants. Still more extraordinary...
cultivated for its conspicuous orange berries. Other ornamental plants include Mitchella, Morinda, Pentas, and Rubia. Rose madder, the crushed root of Rubia tinctorum...
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