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Parthenocissus inserta

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

(A. Kerner) Fritsch

Common Names

• Common Virginia Creeper
• Thicket Creeper

Geographical Habitats

• Quebec - Canada
• Arizona
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Maine
• Massachussetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Dakota
• Texas
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming - USA

Natural Habitats

• Riversides.

Flowering Times

• Summer Jun-Jul (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep

Deciduous tendril liane with sticky pads on tendrils. 5-6 lobed serrate leaves to 100mm long. Corymbs to 50mm across, 3.5mm green flowers, fruit red berry to 10mm dia. Becoming blue-black

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• FONZ
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FRM