NameThatPlant.net: Hedera helix var. helix

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Asterids: Campanulids: Apiales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hedera helix var. helix FAMILY Araliaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

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Read more about Hedera at Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hedera helix FAMILY Araliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 139-01-001:

Hedera helix FAMILY Araliaceae

COMMON NAME:
English Ivy, Common Ivy

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Hedera helix var. helix FAMILY Araliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Hedera helix FAMILY Araliaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 139-01-001:
Hedera helix FAMILY Araliaceae

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Woody vine
Perennial

Habitat: Persistent, established, and spreading around old home sites, in suburban woodlands and waste areas, per Weakley's Flora

Non-native: Europe

Common in NC Piedmont (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Summer
Greenish-yellow
5 sepals
5 petals
Inferior ovary
Bisexual

FRUIT:
Black/ Blue/ Purplish
Drupe

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