Vitis palmata

Vahl

Symb. Bot. 3: 42. 1794.

Common names: Catbird or red grape
Endemic
Synonyms: Vitis rubra Michaux ex Planchon
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 15. Mentioned on page 6.

Plants high climbing, sparsely branched. Branches: bark exfoliating in shreds; nodal diaphragms 2.5–4 mm thick; branchlets uniformly red, purplish red, or chestnut, subterete, glabrous or very sparsely arachnoid, growing tips not enveloped by unfolding leaves; tendrils red-pigmented when young, along length of branchlets, persistent, branched, tendrils (or inflorescences) at only 2 consecutive nodes; nodes not red-banded. Leaves: stipules 1.5–3 mm; petiole somewhat shorter than blade; blade usually cordate, 8–14 cm, usually deeply 3(–5)-lobed, apex long acuminate, abaxial surface not glaucous, glabrous, visible, veins and vein axils sometimes hirtellous, adaxial surface glabrous. Inflorescences 6–18 cm. Flowers functionally unisexual. Berries bluish black to black, slightly or not glaucous, globose, 8–10 mm diam., skin separating from pulp; lenticels absent. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering mid Jun–early Jul; fruiting Aug–Oct.
Habitat: Riverbanks, sloughs, alluvial floodplain woodlands.
Elevation: 0–200 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., Okla., Tenn., Tex.

Discussion

Reports of Vitis palmata from Virginia (for example, in A. S. Weakley et al. 2012) appear to be based on misidentified material of V. vulpina with somewhat lobed leaves.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
... more about "Vitis palmata"
Michael O. Moore† +  and Jun Wen +
Catbird or red grape +
Ala. +, Ark. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, Ill. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, La. +, Miss. +, Mo. +, Okla. +, Tenn. +  and Tex. +
0–200 m. +
Riverbanks, sloughs, alluvial floodplain woodlands. +
Flowering mid Jun–early Jul +  and fruiting Aug–Oct. +
Vitis rubra +
Vitis palmata +
Vitis subg. Vitis +
species +