Vitaceae

Seasonvine

Cissus verticillata (L.) Nicolson & C.E.Jarvis

Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Cissus

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Seasonvine (Cissus verticillata) — FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (9)

Arabic: كرمة الأميرة
Cantonese: 錦屏藤
Chinese: 錦屏粉藤, 卵叶锦屏藤, 锦屏藤
English: Seasonvine
French: Liane molle
gor: Anggur posum
Haitian Creole: Lyann mòl
Japanese: キッスス・シキオイデス
Spanish: Bejuco chirriador, Vitis sicyoides var. canescens

Synonyms

Cissus sicyoides f. tamoides Planch.
Phoradendron verticillatum (L.) Druce
Viscum verticillatum L.

Flowers

In flower: all year (from 121 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native, Navassa Island: native, Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Marcelo Venturi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forest & Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Getulio Muramoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Josiah Londerée, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Pancrat, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Luis Masuta, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: kristinpiston, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: João Medeiros, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Prudence Kerr, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.