Cissus antarctica

Kangaroo ivy

Family: Vitaceae · Type: shrub · Not Native

Kangaroo ivy is a naturalized shrub found in southern California coastal regions, typically growing along roadsides at elevations below 500 meters. Flowering from April to June, this plant produces small white flowers with four petals. Growing with distinctive unbranched tendrils, it develops a sprawling habit with stems that are initially covered in soft hair and become smoother with age. Its leaves are tomentose when young, becoming generally glabrous as the plant matures. The fruit develops as a black berry measuring 8 to 15 millimeters long.

Habitat: Uncommon. Roadsides

Bloom period: Apr-Jun

Elevation: < 500 m

Bioregions: SCo

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