The flowers are rose- colored to light pink and they bloom from May to November. The rose fruit is round and red. It is found along stream banks climbing up in nearby trees, sometimes killing them by shutting out the light. The flowers are small and white and the fruit turns green, then purple. The leaves are glossy and green but they often turn other bright colors.
Contact can cause a rash.
Its leaves are always in groups of threes. The 3 sided seeds grow out of the top of the plant in dense clusters. The seed heads turn red brown when mature. The flowers are in short whorls around the stem. Rubbing the heads will produce small black seeds.