Algerian Ivy - Hedera algeriensis
Hedera algeriensis has truncate to rounded leaf bases with red petioles. It is a vigorous, self-clinging, climber with lustrous leaves up to 4 or 5 inches across, some with an irregular creamy margin.
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Usually found as an escape from cultivation, and often close to habitation.
All year.
A woody perennial shrub with creeping and climbing stems.
It is not well recorded in Britain but seems to be quite widespread.
Rarely recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Jitty near Underwood Crescent
08 January 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Jitty near Underwood Crescent
08 January 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Jitty near Underwood Crescent
08 January 2020
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Species profile
- Common names
- Algerian Ivy
- Species group:
- Trees, Shrubs & Climbers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Apiales
- Family:
- Araliaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 1
- First record:
- 08/01/2020 (Calow, Graham)
- Last record:
- 08/01/2020 (Calow, Graham)
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