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Ilex
verticillata
'Red Sprite'
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Image: Ecker, Michael E. - The Dawes Arboretum
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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