Vitis girdiana
| Vitis girdiana | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Vitales |
| Family: | Vitaceae |
| Genus: | Vitis |
| Species: | V. girdiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Vitis girdiana Munson | |
Vitis girdiana is as species of wild grape known as the desert wild grape and valley grape.[1] It is native to southern California in the United States and to Baja California in Mexico. [1][2][3][4]
Vitis girdiana is a woody vine with a coating of woolly hairs, especially on new growth. The woolly leaves are heart-shaped to kidney-shaped with toothed edges and sometimes shallow lobes. The inflorescence is a panicle of unisexual flowers. The fruit is a spherical black grape usually not more than 8 millimeters wide.[2]
It grows in canyon and streambank habitat in hills and mountains of the region.[2]
Native American groups such as the Kumeyaay and Luiseño used the fruit for food. The Cahuilla used it fresh, cooked, or dried into raisins, and made it into wine.[5]
Gallery
- Vitis girdiana
References
- 1 2 Vitis girdiana. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
- 1 2 3 Vitis girdiana. The Jepson Manual.
- ↑ Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
- ↑ Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley
- ↑ Vitis girdiana. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.
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