Question

Vitaceae - detail description of species (plant), including flower, leaf stem, fruit, habitat, etc. Thank you.

Family: Vitaceae

Species: Vitis aestivalis Michx.

Common Name:summer grape

Family: Vitaceae

Species: Vitis aestivalis × V. riparia = V. ×slavinii Rehder

Common Name:Slavin’s grape

Answer 1

Vitaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants.

Summer Grape : Flower : Male flower have 5,6 long ,pale , erect to ascending stamens around a tiny button center. Female flower have bottle shape style and 5 short stamens that are usually sterile. The calyx cupping the flower is minute.

Leaf and stems : leaves are heart shaped 4-8 inches long. Leave stalk are reddish , hairy and more dense.

Fruit: The flower cluster become dangling as fruit develops. Fruit is a round berry ripens from Green to blue black and covered with a white bloom inside the fruit 2-4 egg shaped seeds are present.