Aquifoliaceae
Common winterberry
Ilex verticillata
- Family
- Aquifoliaceae
- Genus
- Ilex
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Common names
By language (10)
- Chinese
- 北美冬青, 轮生冬青, 輪生冬青
- Czech
- Cesmína přeslenitá
- Danish
- Virginsk Vinterbær
- English
- Common winterberry, Black alder, Coralberry, Michigan holly, Winterberry, Canada holly, Fever bush, Winterberry holly
- Finnish
- Kesäorjanlaakeri, Kesälaakeri
- French
- Houx verticillé
- German
- Sommergrüne Stechpalme, Rote Winterbeere
- Persian
- توسکای فلسدار
- Russian
- Падуб мутовчатый
- Slovak
- Cezmína praslenovitá
Synonyms
- Ilex bronxensis Britton
- Ilex fastigiata E.P.Bicknell
- Ilex verticillata subsp. tenuifolia (Torr.) A.E.Murray
- Ilex verticillata var. aurantiaca Moldenke
- Ilex verticillata var. cyclophylla B.L.Rob.
- Ilex verticillata var. fastigiata (E.P.Bicknell) Fernald
- Ilex verticillata var. padifolia (Willd.) Torr. & A.Gray ex S.Watson
- Ilex verticillata var. tenuifolia (Torr.) S.Watson
- Ilex verticillata var. verticillata
- Prinos gronovii Michx.
- Prinos padifolius Willd.
- Prinos prunifolius Desf.
- Prinos verticillatus L.
- Prinos verticillatus var. dubius DC.
- Prinos verticillatus var. tenuifolius Torr.
Flowers
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native, St. Pierre and Miquelon: native
Photos
Photo: Photo, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Lemieux Serge, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Richard Webb, Self-employed horticulurist, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: jesc, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Virginia Rangel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: dcourt, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Shannon Rouse, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Ayotte, Gilles, 1948-, 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.