Taxon

Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite'

 
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Ilex verticillata 'Red Sprite' - Red Sprite common winterberry
Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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Common name: Red Sprite common winterberry
Family: Aquifoliaceae (holly family)
Synonym: Ilex verticillata 'Macrocarpa', Ilex verticillata 'Nana'
Distribution: Species native to e. North America
Hardiness: USDA Zone 4
Life form: Deciduous shrub/Subshrub
Comments: A female, deciduous, multiple-stem shrub that grows only about 3' tall and 5' wide. Bright red fruit is produced in plenty when in the presence of a suitable male pollinator. Fruit display lasts from early fall into early winter. Foliage is medium green in summer with fall color a greenish yellow.
Links: Missouri Botanical Garden Kemper Center- Plant Finder

Locations

  • 1: ADG: AR12 (AR12) • Accession: D2012-0297.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 2: ADG: AR12 (AR12) • Accession: D2012-0297.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 3: ADG: AR12 (AR12) • Accession: D2012-0297.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 4: DWD: AJ02 (AJ02) • Accession: D2016-0318.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 5: DWD: AJ02 (AJ02) • Accession: D2016-0318.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 6: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2011-0142.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 7: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2013-0395.006 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 8: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2013-0395.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 9: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2013-0395.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 10: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2013-0395.003 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 11: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2013-0395.004 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 12: HOL: BG20 (BG20) • Accession: D2013-0395.005 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 13: HOL: BJ28 (BJ28) • Accession: D1986-0259.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 14: ZLG: AP14 (AP14) • Accession: D2017-0515.001 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
  • 15: ZLG: AP14 (AP14) • Accession: D2017-0515.002 • Provenance: Cultivated of Garden Origin
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