American Beautyberry
| Scientific Name: | Callicarpa americana |
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NOTES: Produce large clusters of purple berries, which birds and deer eat, thus distributing the seeds.
| Scientific Name: | Callicarpa americana |
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| Genus species: | Callicarpa americana | |||||||||||
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| Common Name: | American Beautyberry | |||||||||||
| Family Name: | Lamiaceae 
Annual or perennial herbs or shrubs, the stems square, and foliage often aromatic; leaves opposite, simple; flowers bisexual, mostly irregular, the corolla frequently 2-lipped; fruit splitting into 4 nutlets. | |||||||||||
| Seed Type: | Angiosperm | |||||||||||
| Origin:
Native: native to North America. Non-native: not native to North America. Introduced Native: native to North America, but not Rowe Woods. * Definitions based on the USDA terminology |
Introduced Native | |||||||||||
| Category: | Shrub | |||||||||||
| Flower Color: | Pink/Red Violet/Blue White | |||||||||||
| CNC Habitat: | Krippendorf Arboretum Herb Wall | |||||||||||
| Identified by: | M. Becus | |||||||||||
| Months in Bloom: The highlighted month(s) in this chart indicate when the plant has been observed blooming. | ||||||||||||
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