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Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax hispida
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax tamnoides
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-006:
Smilax hispida
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Smilax hispida
COMMON NAME:
Bristly Greenbrier, Hellfetter, Chinaroot
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smhi_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_smta2_001_lvd
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmstamnoides_wad1
March Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Prickles are round, pliant and bristlelike, per Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast.
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Bryan England bry_shispida_greenbelow
December Wake County NC
Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park
Undersides of leaf blades green, not glaucous, per Flora of North America.
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Bryan England bry_shispida_lfmargin
December Wake County NC
Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park
Leaf blade margins uniformly minutely serrulate in basal half, per Flora of North America.
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Bryan England bry_shispida_prickles
December Wake County NC
Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park
Prickles of the stem abundant, thin and needle-like, shiny brown or black, per Weakley's Flora (2018).