Flower Notes:
White (Small white flowers in flat-topped cymes (3") in spring)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green summer foliage); Red-Violet (Reddish-purple fall foliage)
Stem Notes:
Brown, Silver (smooth, glabrous, younger stems are smooth and grayish brown)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Small drupes (0.33") that change from black to red by late summer)
Soil Notes:
Prefers moist, loamy soils, but is tolerant to a wide range of soils
Range:
New Brunswick, Canada and Eastern North America
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves, reminiscent of a maple-leaf, are opposite, simple, 2-4" long and wide, 3-lobed, pubescent (esepcially on the lower surface), and coarsely toothed with black dots on the underside. Young stems are pubescent.
Indiana Native 
