
Ilex pedunculosa

Ilex pedunculosa, called longstalk holly, is a species of flowering plant in the genus "Ilex", native to central and southern China, Taiwan, and Japan. A lanky shrub or shrubby tree typically reaching in the garden, it is quite cold hardy (to USDA zone 5a). It gets its specific epithet and common name from its long peduncle (the stalk from which the berry depends). The red berries are relished by birds. It is deer resistant.