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Vitis californica
CALIFORNIA WILD GRAPE


Higher Taxonomy
Family: VitaceaeView DescriptionDichotomous Key
Common Name: GRAPE FAMILY
Habit: Woody vine [shrub]; tendrils opposite leaves. Stem: generally lenticelled. Leaf: alternate, simple or compound, petioled, deciduous; stipules generally deciduous. Inflorescence: cyme, panicle, generally opposite leaf, peduncled. Flower: generally bisexual, radial; sepals generally reduced, generally fused, lobes 0 or 5; petals generally 5, free, reflexed, falling individually, or adherent at tips, +- erect, falling as unit, +- red or +- yellow; stamens generally 5, opposite petals; nectaries 0 or between stamens as +- free glands; ovary 1, superior, chambers generally 2(4), style 1 or 0, stigma inconspicuous or head-like. Fruit: berry. Seed: 1--6.
Genera In Family: 15 genera, +- 800 species: especially warm regions; some cultivated (Cissus, grape ivy; Parthenocissus, Virginia creeper; Vitis, grape).
eFlora Treatment Author: Eric B. Wada & M. Andrew Walker, except as noted
Scientific Editor: Thomas J. Rosatti.
Genus: VitisView DescriptionDichotomous Key


Common Name: GRAPE
Stem: bark peeling; stem center brown, partitioned at nodes; tendril tips without adhering disks. Leaf: simple, crenate to serrate. Inflorescence: panicle of often head- or umbel-like clusters. Flower: unisexual or bisexual; calyx +- green, lobes 0 or short; petals adherent at tips, +- yellow; stamens 3--9 mm, generally erect, in pistillate flowers reflexed and sterile or 0; nectaries +- free glands. Fruit: 4--20 mm wide, spheric to ovoid, glaucous or not. Seed: 1--4, obovoid.
Etymology: (Latin: vine) Note: Vitis californica, Vitis girdiana differ in nuclear rDNA sequences.
Unabridged Reference: Olmo & Koyama 1980 Proc 3rd Intl Symp Grape Breeding 33--41
Vitis californica Benth.
NATIVE
Stem: tomentose when young, less so in age; nodal partitions generally 3--4 mm thick. Leaf: cordate to reniform, not folded at midrib, crenate to +- serrate, +- tomentose, lobes 0--5, shallow; stipules generally < 3.5 mm. Flower: unisexual. Fruit: generally > 8 mm wide if seeds 3--4, spheric, purple, glaucous; skin separating from pulp. Seed: round structure opposite attachment scar generally raised. Chromosomes: 2n=38.
Ecology: Streamsides, springs, canyons; Elevation: < 1250 m. Bioregional Distribution: NW, CaRF, SNF, GV, CW, SNE; Distribution Outside California: Oregon. Flowering Time: May--Jun Note: Hybrids with Vitis vinifera common in riparian areas near vineyards.
Jepson eFlora Author: Eric B. Wada & M. Andrew Walker
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Citation for this treatment: Eric B. Wada & M. Andrew Walker 2012, Vitis californica, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=48407, accessed on April 18, 2024.

Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 18, 2024.

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Vitis californica
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Geographic subdivisions for Vitis californica:
NW, CaRF, SNF, GV, CW, SNE
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