Habitat: bank, clay, coast, dry, forest edge, gravel, gully, loam, lowland, margin, moist, open, roadside, sand, scrubland, sheltered, shrubland, terrace, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a deciduous, vigorous climber with forked tendrils at some nodes and stems and leaves covered with greyish-white hairs.
  • its leaves are broad (up to 17 cm across), have 3 to 5 lobes, and the margins are coarsely toothed.
  • its inflorescence is a panicle in the axils of the upper shoot leaves with fragrant, green flowers 1.5-2.5 mm long.
  • its fruit is a rounded berry, 0.5-2.3 cm across, black with some glaucous bloom.
 Images
Image: David Glenny © Landcare Research
Image: David Glenny © Landcare Research
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: Trevor James © Trevor James
Image: David Glenny © Landcare Research
Image: David Glenny © Landcare Research
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.