Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Core Eudicots: Vitales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor
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.
Two varieties of Vitis aestivalis occur in NC. Read about these at Vascular Plants of North Carolina
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Vitis aestivalis var. argentifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-005b:
Vitis aestivalis var. argentifolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis bicolor
COMMON NAME:
Silverleaf Grape
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vibi5_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm140621_123
June Greenville County SC
Foothills Trail
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June Oconee County SC
Foothills Trail
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June Oconee County SC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140621_131
June Oconee County SC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140627_449
June Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm140627_451
June Transylvania County NC
Foothills Trail
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JK Marlow jkm120825_962
August Greenville County SC
Jones Gap State Park
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JK Marlow jkm140816_708
August Jackson County NC
High Hampton Inn
Mature leaves glaucous beneath and glabrous to glabrate beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
COMPARE
leaves of grape-like species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor
FAMILY
Vitaceae
(?)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Synthesis of the North American Flora (Kartesz, 1999)
Vitis aestivalis var. argentifolia
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-005b:
Vitis aestivalis var. argentifolia
FAMILY
Vitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Vitis bicolor
3470
Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in forests and woodlands, mostly upland, 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!