Japanese ivy
Hedera rhombea (Miquel) Bean [Araliaceae]
Kizuta (キヅタ, 木蔦)
Life form: evergreen twining vine
Distribution: China - Taiwan - Japan (except northern Hokkaido)
Habitat: forests - grasslands
Chromosomal number: 2n = 48
Hedera L. in Japan
H. rhombea (Miq.) Bean (キヅタ/フユヅタ)
f. argentea (Nakai) H. Hara (シロバキヅタ)
f. oblongifolia (Nakai) H. Hara (ナガバキヅタ)
f. pedunculata (Nakai) Hatus. ex H. Hara (ナガボキヅタ)
f. variegata (W. Paul) H. Hara (フクリンキヅタ)
Introduced gardeing plants
H. canariensis Willd. (カナリーキヅタ canary ivy)
H. helix L. (セイヨウキヅタ ivy)
cv Argenteo-variegata (フイリセイヨウキヅタ)
Hedera rhombeam in Japan
[Left] a patch. [Right] close-up of an inflorescence. At Rakuju-en Garden, Mishima, on November 18 2009.