| Scientific Name: | Ilex glabra cvs. |
| Common Name: | inkberry |
| Family Name: | Aquifoliaceae |
| Origin: | U.S. - southeast |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 1.5 - 2.0m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Dense, Stiffly upright, Twiggy |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Container planting, Erosion control, Filler, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Perennial border, Screening, Sheared hedge, Waterside planting, Wetland - bogs, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade, Filtered shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Oblanceolate, Obovate, Serrulate |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Black, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Small, evergreen shrub; leaves alternate, elliptic to obovate 2-4cm long x 1-2cm wide, margin with 4 small teeth towards the apex and one at the tip; flowers small, wihte, with (5-)6-7(-8) petals; drupes on female plants berry-like, black, 8-10mm round, persistent. | |