Plant: evergreen shrub to 10'

Origin: China

Zone: 7 - 10

Flowers: fragrant, tiny yellow buttercup like flowers crowded along inflorescence.

Foliage: stiff, spiny, pinnate leaves over 12" long held horizontally to pithy stems

Culture: part shade to shade. Rich, well-drained, mesic soil. Mulch with humus or compost. Best clustered in groups under tall trees.