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Ardisia crenata
Scratchthroat
Hen's Eyes
Coral Ardisia
Not native to Florida
This plant is an invasive exotic that is altering native plant communities by displacing native species, changing community structures or ecological functions, or hybridizing with natives.
This species should never be planted (many with this designation are prohibited by law), and generally should be removed whenever possible.
This native of Japan and southern Asia has escaped cultivation and can now be found in moist hammocks from the central panhandle through north Florida into the central peninsula.
Leaf margins are crispate-undulate (somewhat wavy in both planes) and the fruit can be red or white.
Ardisia crenata is a member of the Myrsinaceae - Myrsine family.
Other species of the Ardisia genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
Ardisia escallonioides - MARLBERRY
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants (Institute for Systemic Botany) profile for this species
USDA Plant Profile for this species
Date record last modified: Aug 07, 2016
