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Smilax lasioneura

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Hooker

Common Names

• Blue Ridge Carrionflower

Geographical Habitats

• Manitoba
• Ontario
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Colorado
• Florida
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Virginia
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming - USA

Natural Habitats

• Premontane plains
• woodland
• thickets
• river swamps

Flowering Times

• May-Jun

Fruiting Times

• Jul

Tendril herbaceous climber to 3m without prickles. Leaves to 100mm long with slightly twisted tips, glabrous above & minutely pubescent on nerves & veins beneath. Peduncles subtended by bracts. Many-flowered umbel,45mm greenish flowers, sepals & petals to 4mm long, blue-black to black fruit to 10mm

Further References

• FOA
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOSEUS
• USDA
• FRM
• Kew