Flowers:
Green (Not ornamentally important)
Foliage:
Green (Dark green foliage in summer); Brown (No appreciable fall color)
Fruit:
Multi-Colored (Beautiful berries (0.25-0.33" dia.) begin yellow to pale lilac to amethyst purple to bright blue, often all colors)
Soil:
Adaptable to many soils except those that are permanently wet
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Alternate leaves are mostly 3-lobed, deep green (to 5" long), with cordate leaf base. Clusters (cymes) of non-showy, greenish flowers appear in the leaf axils in July. Pubescent stems when young.
