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Hedera helix

Botanic Family

Araliaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Propagation

C.L.S.

Cultivated

C, ornamental with many cultivars and forms

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Europe
• E. Russia
• N. Africa

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• hedgerows
• rocks & walls

Flowering Times

• Autumn Sep-Nov (GB)

Fruiting Times

Climbing evergreen glabrous perennial foliage vine with adventitious roots with 3-5 lobed glossy glabrous dark green leaves & 8mm bluish-purple to black fruit, panicles or pubescent umbels of flowers yellow-green to 5mm long in terminal panicles

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Jones & Gray 1977
• Rose 1980
• Beckett 1990
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOH
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• FOBI
• Bodkin
• JDH
• The Plant List
• USNH
• Botanicus