I’m not sure where it came from but it’s tried to overtake every garden bed here. It’s easy to pull out, but there’s so much of it I’m not sure I’ll ever get rid of it.
Fruit is bright red and flavorless, flowers are yellow
Loves sun or part shade, moist soil
Perennial herb, fast spreader, noxious weed, but that also makes it a good ground cover. It’s a recommended water wise ground cover by several references
Native to India, naturalized to eastern US and west coast
Some claim it can cause allergic reactions – birds, squirrels won’t eat it
