| Author | Thunberg | |
| Distribution | There are reports and specimens from across the state, but only collections from Durham and Mecklenburg counties are from non-cultivated plants. Without images and label data, some specimens had to be eliminated here. A specimen from Catawba County (herbarium NCU) has large, open panicles and elliptical leaves with a driptip; it needs ID verification.
Native of Japan; in N.A. often planted in maritime situations and homesites. | |
| Abundance | Apparently rare. | |
| Habitat | Roadside borders of woods, spontaneous from campus plantings. | |
| Phenology | Flowering in July; fruiting in September-October. | |
| Identification | Usually a shrub, but can be a small slender tree. Leaves are ovate or obovate, evergreen, margins crenate, the tip rounded. Leaves are 5-10 cm long vs. max 5.5 cm in fortunei. Flowers grow in small axillary clusters, are small and with 4 white petals. | |
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| State Rank | SE | |
| Global Rank | GNR | |
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| USACE-agcp | | |
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