Vitis mustangensis |
Vitis monticola |
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mustang grape |
sweet mountain grape |
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Habit | Plants high climbing, sparsely branched. | Plants moderate to high climbing, sparsely branched. |
Branches | bark exfoliating in shreds; nodal diaphragms 1.5–3 mm thick; branchlets subterete to terete, densely to sparsely tomentose, 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. |
bark exfoliating in shreds; nodal diaphragms 1–2.5 mm thick; branchlets gray to green or brown, if purplish only on one side, terete, sparsely arachnoid or glabrous, growing tips not enveloped by unfolding leaves, sparsely to densely hairy; tendrils along length of branchlets, persistent, branched, tendrils (or inflorescences) at only 2 consecutive nodes; nodes not red-banded. |
Leaves | stipules 1.5–4 mm; petiole 1/2–3/4 blade; blade cordate to nearly reniform, 6–14 cm, usually unlobed but sometimes 3-shouldered or deeply 3–5 lobed, apex acute to obtuse, abaxial surface not glaucous, densely white to rusty tomentose, concealed (except sometimes veins) by hairs, adaxial surface floccose to glabrate. |
stipules 1.5–3 mm; petiole 1/2 blade; blade cordate, 5–8(–10) cm, unlobed or shallowly 3-lobed, apex acute to short acuminate, abaxial surface not glaucous, glabrous or sparsely hirtellous, visible through hairs, adaxial surface usually glabrous. |
Inflorescences | 4–10 cm. |
3–7 cm. |
Flowers | functionally unisexual. |
functionally unisexual. |
Berries | usually black, sometimes dark red, slightly or not glaucous, globose, 12+ mm diam., skin separating from pulp; lenticels absent. |
black, usually not, sometimes very slightly, glaucous, globose, 8–10 mm diam., skin separating from pulp; lenticels usually present. |
2n | = 38. |
= 38. |
Vitis mustangensis |
Vitis monticola |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–early Jun; fruiting Aug–Sep. | Flowering May; fruiting Jul–Aug. |
Habitat | Woodland edges, fencerows, thickets, lowland woods, disturbed areas. | Limestone hills and ridges. |
Elevation | 0–700 m. (0–2300 ft.) | 300–700 m. (1000–2300 ft.) |
Distribution |
AL; LA; MS; OK; TX
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TX |
Discussion | In several early publications (for example, T. V. Munson 1909), Vitis mustangensis was known as V. candicans Engelmann ex A. Gray. M. O. Moore (1991) argued that the name V. candicans is ambiguous and not identifiable with any species based on the original description, making the more recent name V. mustangensis the valid and legitimate one for this species. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Vitis monticola is endemic to dry areas on the Edwards Plateau. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 12, p. 10. | FNA vol. 12, p. 15. |
Parent taxa | Vitaceae > Vitis > subg. Vitis | Vitaceae > Vitis > subg. Vitis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | V. candicans var. diversa, V. mustangensis var. diversa | V. aestivalis var. monticola |
Name authority | Buckley: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 451. (1862) | Buckley: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 450. (1862) |
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