General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Fern
Vine
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10b +1.7 °C (35 °F) to +4.4 °C (40 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 5a
Leaves: Broadleaf
Fruit: Indehiscent
Other
Fruiting Time: Spring
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Bi-Color
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Summer
Inflorescence Type: Cyme
Uses: Guardian plant
Suitable as Annual
Pollinators: Other
Hoverflies
Wind
Cleistogamous
Miscellaneous: Patent/Plant Breeders' Rights
Conservation status: Extinct (EX)

yellow fruit of a young tree

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