Vitaceae

Sand grape

Vitis rupestris Scheele

Family: Vitaceae
Genus: Vitis

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Sand grape: Leaves of Vitis rupestris , photographed at the viticulture trail on the Schemelsberg hill in Weinsberg — Photo: Rosenzweig, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

arz: فيتيس روبيستريس
Chinese: 沙地葡萄, 丛生葡萄, 北美七月葡萄
English: Sand grape, Beach grape, Bush grape, Currant grape, July grape, Mountain grape, Rock grape, Sugar grape
Esperanto: Rokovito
German: Fels-Rebe, Felsrebe, Sand-Rebe
Japanese: ルペストリス種
Lithuanian: Uolinis vynmedis

Synonyms

Vitis populifolia Lindh. ex A.Gray
Vitis rupestris f. dissecta (Eggert ex L.H.Bailey) Fernald
Vitis rupestris f. rupestris
Vitis rupestris var. dissecta Eggert ex L.H.Bailey
Vitis vinifera var. rupestris (Scheele) Kuntze

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Vine
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

Photo: Rosenzweig, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Joachim Schmid, Fachgebiet Rebenzüchtung und Rebenveredlung Forschungsanstalt Ge, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: zebedeugalinha, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kentynet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Mason Brock, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Kentynet, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Tim Johnson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: TOURDERA, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.