| Family | RUBIACEAE |
| Genus species | Mitchella repens L. |
| Bibliography | Sp. Pl. 1: 111 (1753) |
| Native Range | e. Canada to Guatemala |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | thickets and woods |
| Description | stems thin, leaves small, opposite, subcordate, obtuse dark shiny green with white venation, flowers in pairs, tubular, in mouth dilated, fragrant, fruit scarlet-red |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | reddish, white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | cold, shady site with a humous, moist soil alpine house, moist, humous soil, shade |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or as soon as possible cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Disperma repens J.F.Gmel. Mitchella repens var. alba Beal Mitchella repens f. leucocarpa Bissel |
| Territory | 7 Northern America 72 Eastern Canada (NFL Newfoundland, NSC Nova Scotia, ONT Ontario, QUE Québec) 74 North-Central U.S.A. (ILL Illinois, MIN Minnesota, MSO Missouri, WIS Wisconsin) 75 Northeastern U.S.A. (CNT Connecticut, MAI Maine, MAS Masachusettes, MIC Michigan, NWH New Hampshire, NWY New York, OHI Ohio, RHO Rhode I., VER Vermont) 77 South-Central U.S.A. (TEX Texas) 78 Southeastern U.S.A. (ALA Alabama, FLA Florida, KTY Kentucky, LOU Louisiana, MRY Maryland, NCA North Carolina, SCA South Carolina, TEN Tennessee, VRG Virginia) 79 Mexico (MXE Mexico Northeast, MXS Mexico Southwest, MXT Mexico Southeast) 8 Southern America 80 Central America (GUA Guatemala) |