Callicarpa americana
Family: Verbenaceae
Plant Description: Deciduous shrub grows up to 2 m high with ovate to elliptic leaves 8-15 cm long, serrate edges. Flowers pink in color, grow in axillary clusters, and the corolla measures about 4 mm long. Purple-violet fruits grow 4-6 mm wide.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification:
Occurrence: frequent in coastal woods from Aransas National Wildlife Refuge to Flour Bluff, also in bottom woods of San Antonio River.
Bloom Period: Spring-Summer
Plant Use: Bird and mammal food; nectar source for butterflies; landscaping plant
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