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Parthenocissus quinquefolia, known as Virginia creeper, Victoria creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger, is a species of flowering vine in the grape family, Vitaceae.It is native to eastern and central North America, from southeastern Canada and the eastern United States west to Manitoba and Utah, and south to eastern Mexico and Guatemala.
It is a deciduous woody vine growing to 30 m tall or more given suitable support, attaching itself by means of numerous small branched tendrils tipped with sticky disks. The leaves are simple, palmately lobed with three lobes, occasionally unlobed or with five lobes, or sufficiently deeply lobed to be palmately compound with (usually) three leaflets; the leaves range from 5 to 22 cm across.
A bunch of Akebia fruit growing on a vine in western Washington) Akebia prefers sandy soils with good drainage, and regular watering, though it is drought resistant. [14] In some areas the plant is an invasive species to be avoided. [15] [16] This species is considered hardy in all of the United Kingdom and Europe (down to -15 to -20 °C). [4]
During this period a single vine can "bleed" up to 5 litres (1.3 US gal) of water. [2] Tiny buds on the vine start to swell and eventually shoots begin to grow from the buds. Buds are the small part of the vine that rest between the vine's stem and the petiole (leaf stem). Inside the buds contain usually three primordial shoots.
The 5 to 6 cm long, triangular foliage leaves distributed on the stem are divided into a petiole and pinnate leaf blade. The petiole is (0.5 to) 1.5 to 3.5 cm long and the rachis is 0.4 to 2 cm long. The opposite leaflets are 1 to 2 cm long and the terminal leaflets are 4 to 6 cm long. The leaf margins are serrated.
A cultivated garlic vine at the Sakuya Konohana Kan, a botanical garden in Osaka, Japan. The plant can be described as a shrub or a liana since it produces numerous woody shoots from the root and reaches a height of 2 to 3 m. The stems are almost bare and slightly scaly. The short-stalked leaves are opposite and trifoliate.
Leaf Base Shape: Semiamplexicaul – the leaf base wraps around the stem, but not completely. Leaf Blade Apex: Acuminate – narrowing to a point (a term used for other structures, too). Acute – with a sharp, rather abrupt ending-point. Acutifolius – with acute leaves. Attenuate – tapering gradually to a narrow end. Leaf Blade Margins:
Alyxia stellata, known as maile in Hawaiian, is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to Hawaii.It grows as either a twining liana, scandent shrub, or small erect shrub, and is one of the few vines that are endemic to the islands.