Vitis cinerea var. baileyana

(Munson) Comeaux

Castanea 52: 212. 1987.

Common names: Possum grape
Endemic
Basionym: Vitis baileyana Munson Vitis baileyana, [ 1]. 1893
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 14.

Branchlets slightly angled, sparsely arachnoid, becoming glabrate, not evidently hirtellous; nodes usually red-banded. Leaf-blade apex acute to acuminate, abaxial surfaces glabrous or sparsely arachnoid, usually not, sometimes very sparsely, hirtellous. Berries slightly glaucous.


Phenology: Flowering mid Jun–Jul; fruiting Jul–Oct.
Habitat: Moist soils, floodplains, lowland woods, stream and pond margins.
Elevation: 100–2000 m.

Distribution

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Ala., Ga., Ind., Ky., Miss., N.C., Ohio, Pa., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.

Discussion

Variety baileyana is found in the Piedmont and mountains; it and var. floridana intergrade along the fall line between the Piedmont and coastal plain and may not be distinct.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

"connate" is not a number.

hirtellous +, arachnoid +  and glabrous +
acute +  and acuminate +
Michael O. Moore† +  and Jun Wen +
(Munson) Comeaux +
exfoliating +
Vitis baileyana +
0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
globose +
3-shouldered +
3-lobed +, unlobed +  and cordate +
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br />) +
hirtellous +, glabrate +  and arachnoid +
5-toothed +  and entire +
Possum grape +
leaf-opposed +
Ala. +, Ga. +, Ind. +, Ky. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, Ohio +, Pa. +, S.C. +, Tenn. +, Va. +  and W.Va. +
100–2000 m. +
alternating +
Moist soils, floodplains, lowland woods, stream and pond margins. +
10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
acute +  and acuminate +
unfolding +
inconspicuous +
pinnate +  and palmate +
crenate +  and serrate +
intrastaminal +
0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
consecutive +
red-banded +
anatropous +  and apotropous +
Flowering mid Jun–Jul +  and fruiting Jul–Oct. +
2[-3]-carpellate +
interrupted +
minute +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
stalked +  and multicellular +
Muscadinia +
Vitis cinerea var. baileyana +
Vitis cinerea +
variety +
persistent +
plant +  and climbing +