Parthenocissus vitacea: UW-Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium: Plant Details Page

Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) Hitchc. image

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Stephen L. Solheim

Family Vitaceae
Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) Hitchc.
grape woodbine
Parthenocissus: from Greek parthenos, "a virgin," and kissos, "ivy," a genus whose common name is woodbine or virginia creeper, Virginia having been named after England's virgin queen Elizabeth I
vitacea: vine-like

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Status:	Native
Plant:	perennial woody vine; stems climbing with few-branched tendrils without adhesive disks
Flower:	greenish; inflorescence appearing broadly rounded, forking at the end into 2 diverging clusters
Leaf:	palmately divided, shiny green on top
(Glossary)

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Synonyms

Ampelopsis quinquefolia (L.) Planch. var. vitacea Knerr
Parthenocissus inserta (Kerner) Fritsch
Parthenocissus inserta (Kerner) Fritsch f. dubia Rehder
Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. var. vitacea (Knerr) L.H.Bailey
Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) Hitchc. f. dubia (Rehder) Fernald
Psedera vitacea (Knerr) Greene
Vitis inserta Kerner

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