Virginia Creeper
Classification:
Family: Vitaceae, grape family
Genus species: Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Leaves:
Leaves are palmately compound, composed of five leaflets. Leaflet edges are toothed.
Flowers:
Flowers are small, greenish, produced in clusters.
Fruit:
Fruit is a small hard purplish-black berry.
More Information:
Parthenocissus is from the Greek, parteno for "virgin" and cissus for "ivy." The species name quniquefolia is from the Latin for "five-leaved."
Photos:Virginia creeper leaf
Virginia creeper holdfasts
