Callicarpa dichotoma (Loureiro) K. Koch
Detail
- Family
- Lamiaceae
- Botanical Name
- Callicarpa dichotoma (Loureiro) K. Koch
- Common Name
- Purple Beauty-berry
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Callicarpa dichotoma (Loureiro) K. Koch
- Comments
- An Asiatic species commonly sold in the nursery trade, sometimes illegitimately under the name "Callicarpa americana." Formerly placed in Verbenaceae (Atlas lll, etc.). Recent molecular evidence places this genus in the Lamiaceae, however its subfamily designation is unassigned suggesting provisional status within Lamiaceae.
- Habitat
- Old fields, disturbed forests, clearings, and shaded streambanks. Frequent cultivated, increasingly escaped, and aggressively invasive at several sites.
- Native Status
- Introduced
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