Common Name: GINSENG FAMILY Habit: Perennial herb, shrub, tree, woody vine; juvenile, flower plants generally unlike. Stem: generally branched. Leaf: simple or compound, generally alternate; stipules +- fused to +- sheathing, petiole base or 0. Inflorescence: umbels 1 to panicled; bracts deciduous or not. Flower: generally bisexual, generally radial, generally < 5 mm; sepals generally 5, fused at base, inconspicuous, persistent; petals generally 5, free, +- white to green, deciduous; stamens generally 5, generally alternate petals; ovary inferior, chambers 1--15, 1-ovuled, styles as many as chambers, free or fused, persistent. Fruit: berry or drupe, occasionally flat, dry. Genera In Family: 47 genera, 1350 species: especially tropics, subtropics medicinal (e.g., Panax, ginseng; Aralia, sarsaparilla), ornamental (e.g., Aralia, Fatsia, Hedera, Polyscias). eFlora Treatment Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock, except as noted Scientific Editor: Douglas H. Goldman, Bruce G. Baldwin.
Common Name: IVY Habit: Woody vine; hairs stellate. Stem: juvenile stems climbing by aerial roots; flowering stems fewer, nonclimbing. Leaf: simple, evergreen; generally lobed on juvenile stems; +- entire on flowering stems; stipules 0. Fruit: berry, black [to yellow]. Species In Genus: +- 13 species: Europe, northern Africa, Asia. Etymology: (Latin: sacred plant of Bacchus, god of wine) Reference: Ackerfield & Wen 2003 Int J Pl Sci 163:593--602
Hedera helix L.
NATURALIZED Leaf: on flowering stems < 15 cm, ovate to +- diamond-shaped; petiole, abaxially hairy to +- glabrous. Fruit: +- 5 mm. Chromosomes: 2n=48. Ecology: Woodland, open, disturbed areas; Elevation: < 1280 m. Bioregional Distribution: NCo, NCoR, n SNH, GV, CCo, SnFrB, SW (exc ChI, SnJt); Distribution Outside California: native to Europe. Toxicity: Sap can cause contact dermatitis; berries and leaves TOXIC when eaten. Flowering Time: Aug--Nov Note: Widely cultivated in mild-winter regions, generally spreading aggressively. Unabridged Synonyms: Hedera helix L. subsp. helix Jepson eFlora Author: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock Reference: Ackerfield & Wen 2003 Int J Pl Sci 163:593--602 Jepson Online Interchange Weed listed by Cal-IPC Previous taxon: Hedera canariensis Next taxon: Hydrocotyle
Citation for this treatment: Robert E. Preston & Elizabeth McClintock 2012, Hedera helix, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=27768, accessed on October 15, 2019.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2019, Jepson eFlora, http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on October 15, 2019.
Geographic subdivisions for Hedera helix:
NCo, NCoR, n SNH, GV, CCo, SnFrB, SW (exc ChI, SnJt)
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