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Smilax maritima

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Feay ex Alphonso Wood

Common Names

• Lanceleaf Greenbrier
• Cantaque

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• District of Colombia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• North Carolina
• Oklahoma
• South Carolina
• E. Texas
• Virginia - U.S.A.
• C. America

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• streamsides
• swamp margins
• ditches

Flowering Times

• Jun. Jul

Fruiting Times

• May
• Jul
• Dec

High-climbing or prostrate spiny tuberous tendril vine to 15m with striate stems with a few short spines at base. Leaves to 100mm long. Greenish-yellow 6mm flowers. 10mm diameter red to blue-black fruits

Further References

• Huxley 1992
• FOA
• Botanicus
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• FOSEUS
• Kew