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Parthenocissus henryana

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(Hemsley) Graebner ex Diels & Gilg

Common Names

• Silver-veined Creeper
• Chinese Virginia Creeper
• Hua ye di jin (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Chongquing
• Gansu
• Guangxi
• Guizhou
• Henan
• Hubei
• Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Yunnan-China

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• forest.

Flowering Times

• May-Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Oct (China)

Woody deciduous tendril liana with 4-7 branched tendrils, 5 leaflet silvery marked palmate dark green leaves, purple beneath, sometimes pink in centre, turning bright red in Autumn, variegation fades in full sun. Small white flowers in panicles with 2mm petals, fruit a blue berry to 10mm diameter

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FOC
• RHS A-Z
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2