Vitis girdiana - Desert wild grape

Desert wild grape (Vitis girdiana) is a deciduous vine native to desert washes of southwestern North America, its fruit and young leaves edible and its leaves yielding a yellow dye.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 7¹
• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Well drained soil¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Dye¹

Type

• Vitis spp. - Grape
• Vine
• Deciduous

Functions

• Fire resistance²

Footnotes

1. Vitis girdiana | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time >60 seconds ↩