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Ampelopsis cordata

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Michaux

Propagation

C.S.

Cultivated

C

Common Names

• Heartleaf Peppervine

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Iowa
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Missouri
• Mississsippi
• Nebraska
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA.

Natural Habitats

• Low woods
• riversides
• hedgerows
• streamside
• swamp
• thickets

Flowering Times

• Mar-Jul (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Aug
• Sep (USA)

High-climbing vine with forked tendrils, warty glabrous bark. Glabrous or pubescent 3-lobed toothed leaves to 120mm x 90mm villous on nerves beneath. Cymes or panicles to 80mm across, greenish-white or reddish flowers. 8mm diameter bluish or blue-green or pale red fruit.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• GWC 1997
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• JAA
• USDA
• FOSEUS
• Go Botany