Common Name:
Virginia Creeper
About 10 species of deciduous woody vines with tendrils that are often tipped with adhesive disks. Leaves alternate, simple or compound (palmate). Flowers small, bisexual or unisexual, 4-5 petals, stamens short and erect, in clusters. Native to North America, east Asia, and Himalaya.
Parthenocissus: from the Greek parthenos, virgin, and kissos, ivy. Parthenos is an allusion to its English vernacular name, Virginia Creeper. The state of Virginia was named after England's virgin queen Elizabeth I (Stearn, 1996).
Pronunciation:
par-then-o-SIS-us
Family:
Vitaceae (Grape Family)