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Smilax pumilla

Botanic Family

Smilacaceae

Author

Walter

Common Names

• Sarsaparilla Vine

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Florida
• Georgia
• Louisiana
• Mississippi
• South Carolina
• E. Texas - USA

Natural Habitats

• Woodland
• streamsides
• pinelands

Flowering Times

• Apr
• Oct-Nov

Fruiting Times

• Nov

Tuberous subshrub or vine to 1m with prickles & pubescent stems. Mucronate leaves to 100mm long, glabrous or pubescent above & often white-pubescent beneath. Flowers yellowish to 4mm, yellowsuh-green petals & sepals to 3mm long in staminate flowers, shorter in pistillate flowers. Fruit red to 8mm long

Further References

• FOA
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• FOSEUS
• Kew