93+ American Beautyberry Florida

Callicarpa americana is native to the southeastern united states where it can occasionally be spotted growing wild. Branches form long arches bending toward the ground and lend almost a weeping habit to older established shrubs.

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In the wild it can occur in a wide variety of sites from dry to moist from open to shady. American beautyberry grows at a moderate pace in full sun to partial shade. Spring flowers on beautyberry. Beautyberry is a common shrub native to florida and pretty much the entire southeastern united states.

Small lilac flowers appear in late summer and for the next several months the fruit which grows in clusters around the stem ripen to vibrant purple color. American beautyberry has a coarse habit large toothed green to yellow green oval shaped leaves that turn chartreuse in the fall. Left alone it can grow anywhere from 3 to 8 feet tall and wide but you can keep it about 3 or 4 feet tall and 4 to 5 feet wide. Unless you re a bird or a hungry squirrel.

In greek the genus name callicarpa means callos beauty and carpos fruit. It s in the vervain family verbenaceae. The roots leaves and branches were used by various native american tribes for medicinal purposes to treat malarial fevers and rheumatism. Caam2 usda native status.

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