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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax pseudochina FAMILY Smilacaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax pseudochina FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Smilax pseudochina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-001:

Smilax tamnifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)

Smilax pseudo-china

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Nemexia tamnifolia

COMMON NAME:
Coastal Carrionflower, Bamboo-vine

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image of Smilax pseudochina, Coastal Carrionflower, Bamboo-vine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smps_001_lvd

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smta3_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax pseudochina FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax pseudochina FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax pseudochina

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-001:
Smilax tamnifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Smilax pseudo-china

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia tamnifolia

1896

Herbaceous vine (with tendrils)
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: pocosins, swamp forests, edges of pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

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