Vitis californica

Bentham

Bot. Voy. Sulphur, 10. 1844.

Common names: Pacific California wild or northern California grape
IllustratedEndemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 12. Treatment on page 12. Mentioned on page 6.

Plants high climbing, sparsely branched. Branches: bark exfoliating in plates; nodal diaphragms 3–4 mm thick; branchlets terete to slightly angled, tomentose, tomentum thinning in age, sometimes also hirtellous, growing tips not enveloped by unfolding leaves; tendrils along length of branchlets, persistent, branched, tendrils (or inflorescences) at only 2 consecutive nodes; nodes not red-banded. Leaves: stipules usually less than 3.5 mm; petiole ± equaling blade; blade cordate to orbiculate or nearly reniform, 7–15 cm, unlobed or shallowly 3–5-lobed, apex acute to short acuminate, abaxial surface not glaucous, moderately to sparsely tomentose, visible through hairs, adaxial surface sparsely tomentose to glabrate. Inflorescences 5–10 cm. Flowers functionally unisexual. Berries purple to black, moderately to heavily glaucous, globose, 8–10 mm diam., skin separating from pulp; lenticels absent. 2n = 38.


Phenology: Flowering May–Jun; fruiting Aug–Sep.
Habitat: Stream banks, perennial springs, canyons.
Elevation: 10–1500 m.

Discussion

Vitis californica occurs in central and northern California (from San Luis Obispo to Inyo counties north) to southern Oregon. It is variable and intergrades with V. girdiana in southern California, and hybridizes with both V. girdiana and V. vinifera, often making identification difficult.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

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... more about "Vitis californica"
Michael O. Moore† +  and Jun Wen +
Bentham +
Pacific +, California wild +  and or northern California grape +
Calif. +  and Oreg. +
10–1500 m. +
Stream banks, perennial springs, canyons. +
Flowering May–Jun +  and fruiting Aug–Sep. +
Bot. Voy. Sulphur, +
Illustrated +  and Endemic +
Muscadinia +
Vitis californica +
Vitis subg. Vitis +
species +