Ardisia pusilla is a small evergreen shrub in evergreen
forests. The phyllotaxis is alternate; the leaves attach upper parts
in a whorls way, and blades measure 2-6cm long, 1.5-3cm wide, in the
shape of an oval to long-oblong, with somewhat pointed tips and
coarse serrations on margins, both surfaces and petioles with vellus
hairs. White flowers, 6-7mm across, bloom facing downward. Corollas
deeply cut themselves into five, with glandular dots. Drupes 5-6mm
across and spherical, mature in red in about December. Bloom time:
June-August.
Wild plants in and around Shimane
島根とその周辺の野生植物