Vitis heyneana

Read about Vitis heyneana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Vitis pentagona, Diels & Gilg. Climbing, the tendrils interrupted: sts. and lvs. reddish gray-tomentose: lvs. long-petioled, the blade membranaceous, ovate, usually 5-angled, the base truncate or shallowly emarginate, the apex acute, the margin repand and minutely denticulate, lightly pubescent on nerves above but reddish tomentose beneath: thyrse elongated. China. —Allied to V. lanata. It appears to have been distributed in cult. as V. Thunbergii. Var. bellula, Rehd. & Wilson. Lvs. much smaller, 1-2 in. long: very similar to V. flexuosa var. parvifolia, but lvs. tomentose beneath. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.