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Smilax glauca

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Walter

Common Names

• Sawbrier
• Wild Sarsparilla
• Glaucous Greenbrier

Geographical Habitats

• Mexico
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Colomba
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Lousiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• New Jersey
• New York
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia - U.S.A.

Natural Habitats

• Thickets
• woodland
• hedgerows
• disturbed areas
• swampy woods
• bogs
• montane areas
• sandy soil

Flowering Times

• May-Jul Apr (Mexico)

Fruiting Times

• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

High-climbing spiny stemmed perennial bulbous vine. Mucronate leaves to 150mm long. Yellow to brown flowers to 7mm. greenish sepals & petals to 4mm long. 10mm black fruits

Further References

• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Huxley 1992
• FOA
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• RSNRV
• USDA
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• USNH
• Kew