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Found in unkept yard in South Carolina, Southeastern United States, North America
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Found in unkept yard in South Carolina, Southeastern United States, North America


I know it's not poke berry/poke salad. But that's all I know. Grows to roughly 3 feet tall, maybe 4 feet for some that I have seen.

by Vikkiliciousness

24 Comments

  4. Mobile-Boot8097

    American Beautyberry, Calycarpa americana, aka French Mulberry. Awesome find. Great for wildlife.

  6. MoreFlytrapas

    American Beautyberry. The fruit is edible, but not very pleasant.

  7. trippiehippietravel

    It looks like the beautyberry to me which are edible but a lot better tasting when you cook them down or make them into wine or jams. They’re not amazing raw but a nice lil forageable

  9. LASubtle1420

    You can cook these leaves or use some other way to make a tincture from the leaves and it makes a bug spray that is so very good. I boiled them down and added a tablespoon or two of alcohol and a tablespoon or two of vitamin e oil…and I’m mosquitoes love me and I was bite free

  10. longcreepyhug

    I keep that plant on purpose in my “unkept” yard.

  12. Spiritual-Emu-9754

    I found these on my land a couple years ago and made a delicious jelly. They’re not sweet on their own but a great floral taste and beautiful color when made into jelly or jam

  13. njshine27

    Should we make r/itsalwaysbeautyberry a thing now?

  14. callmedancly

    Beauty berry. Cook them down to make teas, jams, etc. You can eat them raw, but they taste better cooked.

  15. indianajones64

    Get ready folks it’s beauty berry season!

  16. floridaboy87

    I made hella good wine out of those before. The hardest part was finding enough.

  20. What_Do_I_Know01

    American beautyberry. I grow them intentionally. Crush the leaves, they smell lovely. I hear the berries make a good jam but I’ve yet to collect enough to try it without them spoiling first.

  22. ok-er_than_you

    This is your sign to get into native plant gardening!!

  23. windupwren

    Pretty sure that’s Asian beauty berry, not American. The American beauty berry grows the berries right at the stem.

  24. for_the_love_of_corn

    Blackforager on tiktok just did a video about these!!

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