Twinberry Flowers
by Paul Rebmann
Title
Twinberry Flowers
Artist
Paul Rebmann
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Close-up of the tiny flowers of partridgeberry, also known as twinberry. Photographed in River Rise State Park, Florida.
Partidgeberry is an evergreen perennial that can be found in hammocks and moist upland wood forests throughout most of the Florida panhandle and much of the north and central peninsula. The range extends west into Texas and Oklahoma and though the eastern portion of North America as far north as Ontario, Quebec and Newfoundland.
This woody herb grows prostrate and appears vine-like. The leaves are opposite, ovoid and glabrous. The usually four-lobed flowers are white, sometimes tinged with pink and hairy inside. Flowers appear in pairs and have a fused ovary, producing a berry with two dimples.
The genus was named by Linnaeus in honor of American physician and botanist John Mitchell(1711-1768), who contributed to an eventual treatment for yellow fever and also mapped eastern North America. The species name refers to the decumbent, or reclining growth form.
(Subject description from the artist's Wild Florida Photo website www.wildflphoto.com)
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June 18th, 2021
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