Common Name(s): | American Beauty-Berry, French Mulberry, Beauty-Berry,American |
Scientific Name: | Callicarpa americana |
Family: | Verbenaceae |
Longevity: | Perennial |
Season: | Warm |
Origin: | Native |
Height: | 3 m |
Flowers: | June - July |
Fruits: | Fall |
Description: A shrub with purple or violet to blue, berry-like fruits with a distinctive spicy odor. Leaves are aromatic. An understory plant of woods and thickets. Mainly occurring on sandy soils in the southeastern U.S. Fruit may remain attached into winter and are eaten by many species of birds, white-tailed deer and other mammals. Leaves and twigs are browsed by white-tailed deer and some livestock. |