Vitis girdiana

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

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Vitales
Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis
Species:
V. girdiana
Binomial name
Vitis girdiana

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]

  • Vitis girdiana

References
  1. "Vitis girdiana". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. Vitis girdiana. The Jepson Manual.
  3. Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. Calflora taxon report, University of California @ Berkeley
  5. Vitis girdiana. Native American Ethnobotany. University of Michigan, Dearborn.


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