Crinkle-leaf Creeper                RUB-us cal-i-si-NOI-deez

• Evergreen groundcover, dense, low mat, to about 12 inches (30 cm) high, creeping, grows 30 cm/yr.  Shoots shaggy pubescent with solitary small, recurved prickles.  Leaves alternate, simple, broadly oval-rounded, 2-4 cm long and wide, 3-5 lobes, base deeply cordate, margins undulate and sharply serrate, deep green, pubescent underneath.  Flowers paired or solitary, white, about 1.5 cm wide.  Fruit bright yellow to red.
• Sun to part shade
• Hardy to USDA Zone 7   Native to Taiwan.
• Oregon State Univ. campus: southeast Finley dorm.
• Corvallis: north side of Walnut Blvd. between Rolling Green and Garrayana