Family: Primulaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Elevation range exceeds 1000 m
  
• Naturalized in Puerto Rico, Florida and elsewhere (but no evidence in the Hawaiian Islands to date)
  
• Targeted for control in Queensland, Australia
  
• Other Ardisia species have become invasive
  
• Relatively unpalatable
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds and possibly other frugivorous animals

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns or burrs)
  
• Non-toxic
  
• Edible fruit
  
• Valued as a landscaping and ornamental plant
  
• Seeds unlikely to form a persistent seed bank