Parthenocissus quinquefolia

Virginia Creeper in autumn colors with berries

The self-climbing Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia ), as well as the Dreispitzige Woodbine (Parthenocissus tricuspidata ) also known as Virginia Creeper, is a species of the genus Virgin vine ( Parthenocissus ) within the family of grapevine family ( Vitaceae ). Your home is the eastern North America.

Description

The self-climbing Virginia creeper is a climbing plant. The tendrils are five to eight arms and have adhesive discs. However the climbing property is very limited, it is more suitable for trellises. An exception is the cultivar ' Engelmannii ', which has good climbing characteristics. The five -fingered leaves are hand weißlichgrün and dull. The in June-July blooming flowers are inconspicuous and grünweißlich. From September, the pea-sized berries are black with a blue waxy coating and are eaten by birds. In the autumn the leaves turn scarlet purple up. The self-climbing Virginia creeper likes a rich soil and thrives in the shade and in the sun well.

Use

Some species are used as ornamental plants.

System

The first publication was in 1753 by Linnaeus under the name ( basionym ) Hedera quinquefolia in Species Plantarum, 1, p 202 The recombination Parthenocissus quinquefolia to (L.) Planch. Jules Emile Planchon was published by. Other synonyms of Parthenocissus quinquefolia (L.) Planch. are: Ampelopsis quinquefolia (L.) Michx, Parthenocissus engelmannii Koehne & Graebn, P. quinquefolia engelmannii f ( Koehne & Graebn. ) Rehder Psedera quinquefolia (L.) Greene, Quinaria hederacea Raf.. . nom. illeg. Superfl. , Vitis quinquefolia (L.) Lam ..

The earlier run as varieties or subspecies forms are probably only varieties (read forms ) dar.

Pictures

Parthenocissus quinquefolia ' Engelmannii ', good climbing species of wild wine

Swell

• Zhiduan Chen & June Who: Parthenocissus: Parthenocissus quinquefolia, pp. 176 - text Registered as printed work, In: Wu Zheng -yi, Peter H. Raven & Deyuan Hong (eds.): Flora of China, Volume 12 - Hippocastanaceae through Theaceae, Science Press and Missouri Botanical Garden Press, Beijing and St. Louis in 2007. ISBN 978-1-930723-64-1 ( section systematics)