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Smilax herbacea
Smilax herbacea
- Botanic Family
- Smilacaceae
- Author
- Linnaeus
Common Names
- Carrion Flower
- Jacob's Ladder
Geographical Habitats
- Nebraska
- New Brunswick
- Manitoba
- Ontario
- Quebec - Canada
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- Florida
- Georgia
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Masachussetts
- Michigan
- Mississippi
- Missouri. New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin - USA
Natural Habitats
- Woodland
- thickets
- meadows
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Unarmed tendril vine with glabrous climbing stems to 2m with paired tendrils. Leaves to 80mm long, glabrous beneath. Bracts subtend peduncles. 15-40 flowered umbels of carrion-scented green flowers to 4.5mm, greenish sepals & petals, & 10mm blue-black berry
Further References
- Bailey 1976
- Huxley 1992
- FOA
- Mobot
- The Plant List 2
- Fedde
- USDA
- FOSEUS
- USNH
- Gleason & Moldenke
- Kew