Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

Read about Muscadinia and Vitis from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

Two varieties of Vitis aestivalis occur in NC. Read about these at Vascular Plants of North Carolina

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Vitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vitis aestivalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Vitis aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-005a:

Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Vitis aestivalis

COMMON NAME:
Summer Grape

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JK Marlow    jkm0305m_05

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Opposite every 3rd leaf there is neither tendril nor flower cluster, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

JK Marlow    jkm140601_342

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

JK Marlow    jkm140601_345b

May    Greenville County    SC

Swamp Rabbit Trail

Mature leaves glaucous beneath (the glaucescence sometimes rather obscured by pubescence), per Weakley's Flora (2023).

JK Marlow    jkm100730_219

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

Leaves cordate to orbicular, unlobed or 3-5 lobes, dentate to crenate, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005).

 COMPARE leaves of grape-like species

JK Marlow    jkm100730_222

July    Jackson County    NC

Balsam Mountain Preserve

JK Marlow    jkm120727_861

July    Spartanburg County    SC

Lower leaf surface glaucous, pubescence white to more commonly rusty orange, per Upper Canopy Collection and Identification of Grapevines (Vitis) from Selected Forests in the Southeast US (Everhart, 2010).

JK Marlow    jkm230706_4286

July    Pickens County    SC

Glassy Mountain Heritage Preserve

Mature leaves slightly to strongly arachnoid-pubescent beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2023).

JK Marlow    jkm160816_571

August    Oconee County    SC

Fruit 1/4"-3/8" in diameter, blue-black [at maturity] with glaucous bloom, per Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge (Lance).

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmvaestivalis_huger

Month Unknown    Berkeley County    SC

Francis Marion National Forest

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Vitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitis aestivalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vitis aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-005a:
Vitis aestivalis var. aestivalis   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis aestivalis