hi-PER-i-kum

• Semi-evergreen shrub, rounded, bushy, 3 ft (0.9 m) × 5 ft (1.5 m), arching shoots.  Leaves simple, opposite, elliptic to ovate, 6 cm long, bluish green above, paler below.  As many as 11 flowers per clusters, each golden-yellow, about 6 cm across, flattish, long showy styles and many stamens, partially reflexed petals.  Fruit bright red berries (capules) with star-like calyxes.
• Sun and part shade.
• Hardy to USDA Zone 6     Native to China.  Reportedly an invasive weed in Hawaii.