Ardisia japonica
Common name:
Japanese Ardisia
Marlberry
Pronunciation:
ar-DIZ-i-a ja-PON-i-ka
Family:
Myrsinaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Low evergreen shrub, 8-16 inches (20-40 cm) high, erect branches. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at branch tips, oval-ovate, margins toothed, glossy dark green above, lighter and distinctly veined below. Bloom in summer, flowers small, pendent, pale pink to white, mostly hidden by leaves. Fruit globose, 6 mm diameter, pink to red.
- Hardy to USDA Zone 8 Native to China and Japan. A number of cultivars, including variegated (white, pink, yellow) selections and forms with irregularly shaped and notched leaves.
- Ardisia: from Latin ardis, a point, a reference to the acutely pointed anthers.
- Oregon State Univ. campus: near NE corner of the former Student Health Center, 108 SW Memorial Place, south of the Black Cultural Center on Monroe Ave.
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plant habit
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shoot and shoot tip
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leaf
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