A compact, tropical perennial with small white or pink flowers followed by attractive red berries. It's commonly grown as a houseplant or in warm gardens for its ornamental foliage and persistent fruit.

A vigorous North American native perennial with large tropical-looking leaves, small greenish flowers, and striking dark purple-black berries in late summer. Fast-growing and hardy, though often considered weedy; berries and roots are toxic to humans but valuable for wildlife.