Araliaceae
Colchis ivy
Hedera colchica
- Family
- Araliaceae
- Genus
- Hedera
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- عشقة كلشيد
- Armenian
- Բաղեղ կոլխիդյան
- arz
- عشقه كلشيد
- Azerbaijani
- Kolxida daş sarmaşığı
- Chinese
- 科西加常春藤
- English
- Colchis ivy
- Esperanto
- Kolĥida hedero, Kaŭkazia hedero
- Estonian
- Kolhise luuderohi
- Georgian
- Კოლხური სურო
- Hungarian
- Kaukázusi borostyán
- Persian
- داردوست
- Polish
- Bluszcz kolchidzki
- Russian
- Плющ колхидский
- Welsh
- Iorwg Persia
Synonyms
- Hedera acuta G.Nicholson
- Hedera amurensis Hibberd ex Lawr. & Schulze
- Hedera caucasica hort. ex Lavallée
- Hedera caucasica Carrière
- Hedera colchica f. arborescens (Paul) Rehder
- Hedera colchica f. dentata (Hibberd) Hibberd
- Hedera colchica f. dentatovariegata (A.E.Schulze) Geerinck
- Hedera colchica f. flavovariegata P.D.Sell
- Hedera colchica var. arborescens Paul
- Hedera colchica var. dentata (Hibberd) Lawr.
- Hedera colchica var. dentatovariegata A.E.Schulze
- Hedera colchica var. rhombifolia (Rupr. ex Regel) Boiss.
- Hedera colchica var. rhomboidea (Rupr. ex Regel) Boiss.
- Hedera colchica var. variegata Ed.Otto
- Hedera cordifolia Hibberd
- Hedera coriacea Hibberd
- Hedera coriacea var. dentata Hibberd
- Hedera dentata (Hibberd) Carrière
- Hedera helix var. colchica K.Koch
- Hedera helix var. colchica K.Koch
- Hedera helix var. dentata (Hibberd) G.Nicholson
- Hedera helix var. roegneriana (Hibberd) G.Nicholson
- Hedera regneriana Hibberd
- Hedera regneriana var. arborea Hibberd
- Hedera rhombifolia Rupr. ex Boiss.
- Hedera rhombifolia Rupr. ex Regel
- Hedera roegneriana hort. ex Boiss.
- Hedera roegneriana Hibberd
- Hedera roegneriana var. arborea Hibberd
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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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.