• Found on roadsides, in clearings, or damp thickets

• 1.2-3m or 4-10 feet tall
  
• has reddish stems

• large, simple leaves
• oval

• July-September
  
• small, white, 5 petal flowers
  
• arranged in clusters
  
• sepals are greenish, often look like leaves
  

• purplish-black berries on red stalks
  
• arranged in drooping clusters
  

Use the juice of fresh berries as a purple dye.