Ampelopsis brevipedunculata (Maxim.) Trautv.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Vitaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Much like no. 1 [Ampelopsis cordata Michx.], but more pubescent, the young twigs, the petioles, and the lower side of the lvs (at least the main veins) rather coarsely ± hairy; lvs, or some of them, evidently (not necessarily very deeply) 3-lobed, varying to deeply 5-lobed with some of the lobes again cleft; fr hard, bright blue to marbled or white; 2n=20. Native of ne. Asia, cult. in the U.S. and now well established as an escape from N. Engl. to N.C., w. to Ont. and Mich. July, Aug.
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Common Names
porcelain-berry