Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax glauca
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
You may also want to check Trees, Shrubs, and Woody Vines of North Carolina
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax glauca
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-007:
Smilax glauca
FAMILY
Liliaceae
COMMON NAME:
Whiteleaf Greenbrier, Wild Sarsaparilla, Sawbrier
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smgl_001_lvd
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JK Marlow jkm0401c_05
January Pickens County SC
Roadside
Climbing or scrambling woody vine with thorns, 2-20m long, per Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses.
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JK Marlow jkm0401c_06
January Pickens County SC
Roadside
SC's only species of Smilax with leaves whitish beneath, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC.
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JK Marlow jkm200602_5579
June Spartanburg County SC
Lower stem often bristly. Leaves often variegated with lighter green above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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JK Marlow jkm071020_050
October Greenville County SC
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmsglauca_0
October
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JK Marlow snm151030_smilax1_227e
October Greenville County SC
Blue Wall Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax glauca
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
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PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax glauca
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-007:
Smilax glauca
FAMILY
Liliaceae
1398
Woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Common
Look for it in dry to mesic forests and woodlands, bottomland and riparian forests, bluffs, hardwood flatwoods, pine flatwoods, prairies, old fields, fencerows, pastures, roadsides; uncommon in wetlands, per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
...Moist
...Dry
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with broadbased prickles
LEAVES:
Partially evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish/Brownish
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bluish-black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses p290
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC p232
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast p052
- Newcomb's Wildflower Guide p356
- Guide to the Plants of Granite Outcrops p44
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p439
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p21
- Wildflowers & Plant Communities of the Southern Appalachian Mountains and Piedmont p314
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p332
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region p140