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Vitis cinerea var. floridana

Botanic Family

Vitaceae

Author

Munson

Common Names

• Florida Grape
• Simpson's Grape

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• District of Colombia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• thickets
• coastal
• floodplains
• streamside
• marsh & pond margins

Flowering Times

• Apr
• May

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Nov

Vigorous shrubby vine with slightly angled rusty felt-covered twigs. 3-5 lobed reddish toothed leaves to 180mm across, glabrate above, rusty on nerves & finely arachnoid-pubescent beneath. Small panicles to 100mm long, black berries to 15mm diameter

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• Mobot
• FOSEUS
• USDA
• FNA