Flower Notes:
White (Small white flowers in clusters in spring)
Foliage Notes:
Red-Violet (Unfolding leaves in the spring are reddish-purple); Green (Lustrous, dense, dark green foliage in summer); Multi-Colored (Fall foliage is orange to scarlet to purplish)
Stem Notes:
Brown (slender, slender thorns)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Glossy red fruits color in late summer and October and persist all winter)
Soil Notes:
Very tolerant of different soil types
Range:
Southeastern United States
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves are simple (1-3" long and 0.7-2.2" wide) and 3-5 lobed, sharply serrate, reddish purple when unfolding, changing to a lustrous dark green. Red fruits all winter.
Indiana Native 
