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.
Common Name: VIRGINIA CREEPER Stem: bark not peeling; stem center white, not partitioned at nodes; tendril tips generally with adhering disks. Leaf: palmately compound; leaflets 3--7, coarsely serrate. Inflorescence: cyme. Flower: generally bisexual; calyx red, lobes shallow; petals free, +- red, margins +- green; nectaries obscure or 0. Fruit: obovoid. Seed: 1--4, obovoid. Etymology: (Greek: virgin ivy) eFlora Treatment Author: Eric B. Wada, M. Andrew Walker & Michael O. Moore Reference: Pringle 2010 Michigan Bot 49:73--78
Parthenocissus inserta (A. Kern.) Fritsch
NATURALIZED Stem: tendril branches few, tips generally without adherent disks. Leaf: leaflet adaxially glossy, glabrous, abaxially +- dull, glabrous to hairy. Inflorescence: forked at peduncle tip, again above or not. Fruit: 9--12 mm wide, dark blue to black. Chromosomes: 2n=40. Ecology: Uncommon. Hillsides, thickets, ravines, open woodland, roadsides; Elevation: < 1000 m. Bioregional Distribution: GV, CW, SW; Distribution Outside California: to Texas, northeastern United States. Flowering Time: Apr--Jun Note: In TJM (1993) treated as native to California, possibly correctly. Synonyms: Parthenocissus vitacea (Knerr) Hitchc. Jepson eFlora Author: Eric B. Wada, M. Andrew Walker & Michael O. Moore Reference: Pringle 2010 Michigan Bot 49:73--78 Index of California Plant Names (ICPN; linked via the Jepson Online Interchange) Previous taxon: Parthenocissus Next taxon: Vitis
Citation for this treatment: Eric B. Wada, M. Andrew Walker & Michael O. Moore 2012, Parthenocissus inserta, in Jepson Flora Project (eds.) Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/eflora_display.php?tid=36346, accessed on April 23, 2024.
Citation for the whole project: Jepson Flora Project (eds.) 2024, Jepson eFlora, https://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/eflora/, accessed on April 23, 2024.
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