Partridge Berry (Mitchella repens)

Family: Rubiaceae | Edibility: Edible (3/5)

Bloom Color: White. Main Bloom Time: Early summer. Form: Spreading or horizontal.

Edible Parts & Harvest Seasons

Edible Parts: Fruit, Berries

Harvest Seasons: Early Summer, Fall, Late Summer, Spring, Winter

Flavor & Culinary Uses

Pleasant and slightly aromatic. — Pleasant and slightly aromatic.; Dry and tasteless, with lots of seeds according to another report.; The fruit hangs on well on the bush.; The fruit is about 8mm in diameter.

Habitat & North American Range

Dry or moist knolls in woods, on sandy sub-strates. (Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8, Zone 9)