Flora
of East-Central Indiana
| Wild Coffee |
| Scientific Name | Triosteum perfoliatum L. |
| Family Name | Caprifoliaceae (Honeysuckle Family) |
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Characteristics |
| Habitat: | dry, open woods and thickets |
| Plant Height: | 60-120 cm (2'-4'); single or multiple stems from base; erect; sticky stems; coarsely hairy |
| Flower Color: | red |
| Flower: | complete; perfect; 5 long sepals; 5-lobed corolla; mostly glabrous; 5 stamens, alternating with the corolla lobes; inferior ovary; 4-lobed stigma |
| Inflorescence: | 1-6 sessile flowers in the leaf axils |
| Fruit: | 3-seeded berry; hairy; yellow-orange with persistent 5-lobed calyx |
| Leaves: | entire; simple; sessile; opposite; blades widest near apex; has dense, short pubescence |
| Bloom Time: | May-June |
| Origins: | native |
| Other: | also known as Feverwort and Tinker's Weed; fruit can be dried and used as coffee substitute once ground and roasted |
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| general habit | flowers | close up of flowers | plant stalk and leaves |
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