Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (2/8/20):
Vitis simpsonii
FAMILY
Vitaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Read about Muscadinia and Vitis from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.
Learn more about Florida Grape from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-006b:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
COMMON NAME:
Florida Grape
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-006b:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana
FAMILY
Vitaceae
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
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
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