2622

Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Documented growing wild in GA NC SC

Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)

Look for it in hammocks, floodplain and other moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

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...Moist

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Bisexual & unisexual
Radially symmetrical
Calyx usually unlobed
5 petals
5 stamens, abortive in pistillate flowers
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Berry

 

TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!

• Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p093?
• Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p378

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Vitis simpsonii   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana   FAMILY Vitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Aquatic & Wetland Plants of Southeastern US (Godfrey & Wooten, 1979 & 1981)
Vitis cinerea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 120-02-006b:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana   FAMILY Vitaceae