Aquifoliaceae
Mountain holly
Ilex montana
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Genus
- Ilex
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- بهشية جبلية
- Chinese
- 龟背冬青
- English
- Mountain holly, Mountain winterberry
Synonyms
- Ilex ambigua f. mollis (A.Gray) H.E.Ahles
- Ilex ambigua var. montana (Torr. & A.Gray) H.E.Ahles
- Ilex ambigua var. monticola (Alph.Wood) Wunderlin & Poppleton
- Ilex amelanchier var. monticola Alph.Wood
- Ilex beadlei Ashe
- Ilex dubia var. beadlei (Ashe) Rehder
- Ilex dubia var. mollis (A.Gray) Loes.
- Ilex mollis A.Gray
- Ilex montana f. rotundifolia F.W.Woods
- Ilex montana var. beadlei (Ashe ex Kearney) Fernald
- Ilex montana var. lanceolata (Macfad.) Griseb.
- Ilex montana var. montana
- Ilex monticola A.Gray
- Ilex monticola var. mollis (A.Gray) Britton
- Prinos lanceolatus Macfad.
Flowers
- In flower
- May to June (from 225 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Andrew Conboy, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Douglas Goldman, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Clay Gibbons, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: sblumen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rebecca Fanning, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Richtid, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Schultz, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Salicyna, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.