Vitis palmata M.Vahl

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Vitaceae

• Scientific Name

  Vitis palmata M.Vahl

• Description

  Species Description - High-climbing vine with bright purplish-red branches; lvs triangular-ovate to subrotund, 8–14 cm, 3–5-lobed, often to below the middle, sparsely pubescent beneath on the veins and in the vein-axils, the terminal lobe in 3-lobed lvs triangular and prolonged to an acuminate tip, in 5-lobed lvs constricted at base to rounded sinuses; infls 8–15 cm; fr black, slightly or not at all glaucous. Swamps; s. Ind., c. Ill., and Mo. to La. and Tex.

• Common Names

  red grape, cat-grape, catbird-grape