Family: Lamiaceae

High Risk Traits:

• Broad climate suitability
  
• Grows in temperate to tropical climates
  
• Naturalized in SE United States, New Zealand and possibly elsewhere
  
• A weed of yards, landscapes and disturbed habitats
  
• A potential environmental weed
  
• Other Clerodendrum species are invasive
  
• Potentially allelopathic
  
• Unpalatable to deer and probably other browsing animals
  
• Berries and seeds are reported to be toxic to humans and animals if ingested; handling may irritate skin
  
• Shade tolerant
  
• Forms small thickets to dense stands through clonal vegetative spread
  
• Reproduces by seeds and vegetatively by suckering
  
• Primarily outcrossing, but may be able to produce some seeds through self-pollination
  
• Seeds dispersed by birds, other frugivores, possibly by water and intentionally by people
  
• Able to be spread in green waste
  
• Able to resprout after repeated cutting or freezing back

Low Risk Traits:

• Unarmed (no spines, thorns, or burrs)
  
• Herbicides may provide effective control