Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-643.16.05
Parthenocissus quinquefolia
Synonym: Ampelopsis quinquefolia; Ampelopsis wetchii.
English: Virginia Creeper; American Ivy.
French: Vigne vierge.
Dutch: Wingerd
Names: from Greek parthenos, “virgin” and kissos (Latinised as “cissus”), “ivy”.
Botany: ability to form seeds without pollination.