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Mitchella repens
A very cool little plant that has little red fruits formed from two flowers. You can see in photos 2 & 3 that the two flowers share a calyx. The two ovaries fuse and a single berry is formed from the flowers. The resulting berry has two spots because of this process, which you can see in the photos of the berry. I haven't ever seen the pinkish tinge to the flowers such as what you see in photo 2. The plant is also considered a non-climbing vine.
Forest near a flooded area at Newnans Lake Conservation Area
Spotted on Feb 3, 2019
Submitted on May 7, 2019
3 Comments
Why is it called that
Thanks Sukanya. I think it is a really interesting little plant as well
Two flowers one fruit! How interesting. Thanks, Machi. I learnt something new today.