Vitaceae
Peppervine
Nekemias arborea
- Family
- Vitaceae
- Genus
- Nekemias
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Common names
By language (3)
- Arabic
- بغنونية بيروية, شبكرمة شجرية
- Danish
- Peberranke
- English
- Peppervine, Pepper vine
Synonyms
- Ampelopsis arborea (L.) Koehne
- Ampelopsis bipinnata Michx.
- Ampelopsis pinnata (Vahl) Schult.
- Bignonia peruviana L.
- Cissus arborea (L.) Des Moul.
- Cissus bipinnata Nutt.
- Cissus orientalis A.Gray
- Cissus stans Pers.
- Hedera arborea (L.) Walter
- Ituterion arborea (L.) Raf.
- Nekemias bipinnata (Nutt.) Raf.
- Vitis arborea L.
- Vitis bipinnata (Nutt.) Torr. & A.Gray
- Vitis pinnata Vahl
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 141 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- green (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native, Puerto Rico: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Jay Horn, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Will McFarland, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nonbinary-Naturalist, CC0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: Laura Clark, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: USchick, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Yann Kemper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Mary Spilman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Catsincaves, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: natalie, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Jody Shugart, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.