Vitis sinocinerea flowers in May and June, bearing fruit from July to October. It has calyptrateflowerpetals and the pistils are non-functional in male flowers. Its berries are usually 6–0 mm. in diameter, and darkly purple to black.[1]
A holotype specimen was first collected of this species by E. H. Wilson from Xingshan Xian, in Hubei province, China in June 1907, who said it was 'climbing or prostrate over rocks, 600–1200 m.' Its characteristics were later (1911) described by François Gagnepain, and given the name of cinerea, a variety of V. thunbergii.[2]
^ Treated as V. thunbergii var. taiwaniana; described in Flora of Taiwan 3: 679, pl. 773. 1977. "Name - Vitis thunbergii var. taiwaniana F.Y.Lu". Tropicos. Saint Louis, Missouri: Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved May 11, 2010.