NameThatPlant.net: Vitis simpsonii

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vitis simpsonii FAMILY Vitaceae Go to FSUS key

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

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-006b:

Vitis cinerea var. floridana FAMILY Vitaceae

COMMON NAME:
Florida Grape

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Vitis simpsonii FAMILY Vitaceae

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

INCLUDING VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-006b:
Vitis cinerea var. floridana FAMILY Vitaceae

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Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: hammocks, floodplain and other moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Carolina Piedmont) (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.

LEAVES:
Deciduous
Simple
Alternate
Leaves have petioles.

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Purple
Berry

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