BEAUTYBERRY 
Callicarpa americana Linnaeus 
Beautyberry is one of the common plants of the Southern States, 
gtowing in moist thickets or in dry, sandy places. It is a bushy shrub, 
sometimes as much as six feet tall. The small, bluish or pinkish 
flowets,appearing in spring in dense clustets in the axils of the leaves, 
ate rather inconspicuous. In autumn they are followed by bunches 
of juicy fruits of an unusual tint, making a large bush a magnificent 
sight. The fruits persist well through the winter, unless eaten by 
bitds. This plant is a member of the Verbena Family, and is some- 
times called French mulberry, apparently because of a remote resem- 
blance of the fruit clusters to mulberries. 
This native species is much more showy than the related Asiatic 
species, but is rately cultivated. It occurs from Florida northward to 
Virginia and westward to Texas and Missouri. 
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