Vitaceae

Boston ivy

Parthenocissus tricuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch.

Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Parthenocissus

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Common names

By language (27)

Armenian: Կուսախաղող եռասրածայր
Belarusian: Дзявочы вінаград трохвостраны
Cantonese: 爬山虎
Catalan: Lierre japonais, Vinya verge del Japó
Chinese: 地錦, 爬墙虎, 爬牆虎, 土鼓藤, 地锦, 地锦(爬山虎）, 常春藤，爬山虎, 爬山虎
Czech: Loubinec trojlaločný, Přísavník trojcípý, Přísavník tříprstý
Danish: Rådhus-Vin, Rådhusvin
Dutch: Oosterse wingerd, Boston ivy, Japanse wilde wingerd, Oosterse wilde wingerd
English: Boston ivy, Japanese creeper
Finnish: Raatihuonevilliviini
French: Lierre japonais, Lierre de Boston, Vigne vierge japonaise, Vigne vierge à trois pointes, Vigne-vierge japonaise
German: Dreispitzige Jungfernrebe, Lierre japonais, Mauerkatze, Veitschi, Veitschrebe
hsb: Krasny pomurnik
Hungarian: Háromkaréjú vadszőlő, Japán vadszőlő
Indonesian: Ivi boston
Japanese: ツタ, ツタ（蔦）, 蔦
Korean: 담쟁이덩굴, 담쟁이, 담쟁이넝쿨
Lithuanian: Lierre japonais
lzh: 地錦
Persian: موچسب زینتی, پیچک انگوری, پیچک بوستونی, پیچک ژاپنی
Polish: Winobluszcz trójklapowy, Winobluszcz japoński
Russian: Девичий виноград триостренный, Девичий виноград плющеви́дный, Девичий виноград трёхостроконечный
Slovak: Pavinič trojlistý
Slovenian: Trokrpa vinika, Divja trta, Navadna vinika
Swedish: Rådhusvin, Lierre japonais
Ukrainian: Японський плющ, Бостонський плющ
Welsh: Dringwr fflamgoch tri phigyn

Synonyms

Acer nikoense (Miq.) Maxim.
Ampelopsis haponica Anon.
Ampelopsis lowii H.Low ex H.P.
Ampelopsis minima Anon.
Ampelopsis tricuspidata Siebold & Zucc.
Ampelopsis tricuspidata f. veitchii (Laurentius) Schelle
Ampelopsis veitchii Laurentius
Ampelopsis veitchii unranked robusta J.R.Duncan & V.C.Davies
Ampelopsis veitchii var. purpurea L.Nagy
Cissus thunbergii Siebold & Zucc.
Cissus tricuspidata Siebold & Zucc.
Cissus veitchii (Laurentius) Carrière
Crula nikoense (Maxim.) Nieuwl.
Crula nikoensis Nieuwl.
Negundo nikoense Miq.
Negundo nikoense (Maxim.) Nichols.
Parthenocissus thunbergii (Nakai) Nakai
Parthenocissus tricuspidata f. lowii (H.Low ex H.P.) Rehder
Parthenocissus tricuspidata f. purpurea (L.Nagy) Rehder
Parthenocissus tricuspidata f. veitchii (Laurentius) Rehder
Parthenocissus veitchii (Laurentius) Graebn.
Psedera thunbergii Nakai
Psedera tricuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Rehder
Quinaria tricuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) Koehne
Quinaria veitchii (Laurentius) Koehne
Vitis inconstans Miq.
Vitis roylei G.Nicholson
Vitis taquetii H.Lév.
Vitis thunbergii Druce
Vitis tricuspidata (Siebold & Zucc.) T.Moore & Mast.
Vitis veitchii (Laurentius) Hemsl.

Flowers

In flower: June to July (from 6 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Flower colour: green (USDA PLANTS Database)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced

Photos

Photo: Gohachiyasu1214, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: harum.koh from Kobe city, Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Steven Bodzin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Zac Peterson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ira Gershenhorn, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sandy Wolkenberg, 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.