General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Grass/Grass-like
Life cycle: Biennial
Sun Requirements: Partial Shade to Full Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Mesic
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 9b -3.9 °C (25 °F) to -1.1 °C (30 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 9b
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Malodorous
Inflorescence Type: Corymb
Uses: Good as a cover crop
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: Nitrogen fixer
Fe (Iron)
Mo (Molybdenum)
Na (Sodium)
Resistances: Fire Resistant
Propagation: Seeds: Scarify seeds
Pollinators: Beetles
Wind
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)

A young bloom from seeds the birds were kind enough to plant unde

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