Common Name: Japanese ardisia
Family: Myrsinaceae
Common Synonyms: none
USDA Hardiness Zone: 6A - 10B
Growth Habit: Shrub
Origin: Japan
FISC Category: 2
FDACS Listed Noxious Weed: No
Introduction Date: Specimen vouchered in 1975
IFAS Assessment:
Low shrub with a cluster of slender, unbranched stems to 30 cm tall. Leaves dull and rough-textured with serrated margins. Flower small, 5-petaled, pink or white. Red berries, usually not abundant, occur singly next to the stem.
Upland hardwood forests
Only a few records, possibly can prevent establishment. Spreads by suckers. Poor competitor, colonizes species-poor shady environs
No specific recommendations available
Dave's Garden. 2013. PlantFiles: Japanese Ardisia, Marlberry, Ardisia japonica. http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/60185/. Accessed on December 2, 2013.
IFAS, Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. 2013. Japanese ardisia, Ardisia japonica. http://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/node/718. Accessed on December 2, 2013.
Simons, R. 2009. Ardisia japonica Established and Spreading in the Wild in Florida. Wildland Weeds: 12(3):4-5.