Gold Dust Plant, Variegated Aucuba                   aw-KU-ba ja-PON-ik-a

• Broadleaf evergreen shrub, yellow-flecked dark green leaves, spots of unequal size, female and male clones have appeared.  Grows slower than species.
• Introduced (1783), before species.  Numerous other variegated types have been developed, some revert back to the green form of species.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: east side Hort Garden.