Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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Account for Persian Ivy + - Hedera colchica   (K. Koch) K. Koch
Members of Araliaceae:
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Author(K. Koch) K. Koch
DistributionCollected only from Orange County, once in 1970 and again in 2000. Both are from the same general vicinity along Morgan Creek.

Native of the Caucasus region of central Eurasia; in N.A. -- B.C. to OR; AZ; NC.
AbundanceVery rare.
HabitatAlluvial woods along Morgan Creek.
PhenologyFlowering and fruiting -- no NC data.
IdentificationPersian Ivy differs from English Ivy (H. helix) by its orbicular, un-lobed or slightly lobed juvenile leaves (vs. broadly ovate and 3-lobed leaves in that common species). The adult leaves are truncate (vs. tapered to base in English Ivy).
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