[1][2][3][4] Vitis girdiana is a woody vine with a coating of woolly hairs, especially on new growth.

The woolly leaves are heart-shaped to kidney-shaped with toothed edges and sometimes shallow lobes.

[2] It grows in canyon and streambank habitat in hills and mountains of the region.

The Kumeyaay ate the fruit fresh or dried into raisins and cooked, they also rubbed the sap on falling or thin hair to help its health and make it grow.

[6] The Cahuilla used it fresh, cooked, or dried into raisins, and made it into wine.