OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor   FAMILY Vitaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor   FAMILY Vitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)

Vitis aestivalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Vitis aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)

Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (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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image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vibi5_001_lvd

        

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm140621_123

June    Greenville County    SC

Foothills Trail

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm140621_125

June    Oconee County    SC

Foothills Trail

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm140621_128

June    Oconee County    SC

Foothills Trail

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm140621_131

June    Oconee County    SC

Foothills Trail

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm140627_449

June    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm140627_451

June    Transylvania County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

JK Marlow    jkm120825_962

August    Greenville County    SC

Jones Gap State Park

image of Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor, Silverleaf Grape

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).


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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor   FAMILY Vitaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor   FAMILY Vitaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Vitis aestivalis

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Vitis aestivalis

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Vitis aestivalis var. bicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

3470

Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous

Habitat: forests and woodlands, mostly upland, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Mountains

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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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