Virginia Creeper
by Rob Hemphill
Title
Virginia Creeper
Artist
Rob Hemphill
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This image was taken of a garden wall completely covered in Virginia creeper in Lausanne, Switzerland when the colours were at their most vivid.
Parthenocissus quinquefolia, known as Virginia creeper, Victoria creeper, five-leaved ivy, or five-finger, is a species of flowering plant in the grape family, Vitaceae. It is native to eastern and central North America, from southeastern Canada and the eastern United States west to Manitoba and Utah, and south to eastern Mexico and Guatemala.
The name "Virginia creeper", referring to one of its native locations, is also used for the whole genus Parthenocissus, and for other species within the genus. The name Parthenocissus is from the Greek literally meaning "virgin ivy", and may derive from the common English name of this species. It is not closely related to the true ivy, Hedera. The specific epithet quinquefolia means "five-leaved", referring to the leaflets on each compound (palmate) leaf.
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Featured in the following FAA Groups:
"World Landscape Lovers of Art" 05/20/2020
"Your Story of Art" 05/10/2020
"Daily Promotion" 05/09/2020
"Whats New" 05/08/2020
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May 7th, 2020
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