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Hedera helix (Common Ivy, English Ivy)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid II > Order: Apiales > Family: Araliaceae

This species, and its variants, is commonly grown as a garden climber.

 

Hedera helix (Common Ivy, English Ivy) [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]