NameThatPlant.net: Vitis baileyana

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

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

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Read about Muscadinia and Vitis from Alan Weakley and the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society.

Learn more about Vitis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-004:

Vitis baileyana FAMILY Vitaceae

COMMON NAME:
Possum Grape

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

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 120-02-004:
Vitis baileyana FAMILY Vitaceae

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Woody vine
Perennial
Polygamous

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

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in GA Piedmont, rare in Coastal Plain)

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/ Greenish
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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