Native Plants
Digital Herbaria
Cissus trifoliata
Cissus trifoliata (L.) L.
Cow-itch Vine, Cow Itch Vine, Sorrelvine, Grape Ivy, Possum Grape, Arizona Grape Ivy
Vitaceae (Grape Family)
USDA Symbol: CITR2USDA Native Status: L48 (N), PR (N), VI (N)
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Specimen & Label Data
Cissus incisa
Possum-Grape
Vitaceae
Location: State Hwy 16, 3 km NW of Helotes on highway right of way.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Climbing a barbwire fence between field and right of way in full sun.
Description: Climbing vine 4 m long. Leaves petiolate, fleshy and succulent, 3.5 x 4 cm, shape variable, but tri-lobed common, petiole 1 cm. Fruit on an umbelliform cyme with black berries, oval in shape and 8 x 6 mm.
County: Bexar
Collector: Mike Fox
Collection Date: Aug 27, 1994
Specimen number: 119
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0922
Accession Date: Sep 27, 1994
Accession Number: 69
Annotations: (In fruit)