Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry)
Photo/Illustration: Jerry Pavia
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#16 Callicarpa americana
Common Names: American beautyberry, beautyberry, French mulberry
Family: Verbenaceae (verbena or vervain Family)
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Callicarpa americana
COMMON: American Beautyberry
LEAVES: Opposite, simple, 3 1/2 to 6" long, 1/2 as wide, green, turning yellowish/purplish in fall, evergreen
SIZE: 3 to 8' tall, equal in width
HARDINESS: Zone 7 to 10 ...
Callicarpa americana is commonly found in flatwoods and hammocks throughout Florida. It blooms from spring to summer (Wunderlin, 2003).
View the herbarium specimen image of the University of Florida Herbarium Digital Imaging Projects.
Callicarpa americana - Beautyberry grows well in light shade such as under pine trees along this fence line. Berries have matured and turned purple before the leaves shed.
James Hodges, ©2009 Clemson Extension
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Callicarpa americana
Family: Verbenaceae
American Beautyberry
Origin: North America ...
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Callicarpa americana American Beautyberry, French Mulberry (kal-i-KAR-pa a-mer-I-KA-na)
Deciduous shrub grows rapidly to 3-8 ft wide and 6 ft wide (0.9-2.4 x 1.8 m), with an open habit. Considered the coarsest of the ones mentioned here.
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The FRENCH MULBERRY (Callicarpa Americana) is a shrub 3 to 6 feet high, with bluish flowers and violet fruit, but the species is too tender for any but the mildest parts of Great Britain.
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 See also: American beautyberry, Beautyberry, Green, May, Pink
  
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