Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-001:
Smilax tamnifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia leptanthera
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia tamnifolia
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Carrionflower, Bamboo-vine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smps_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smta3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-001:
Smilax tamnifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia leptanthera
INCLUDING
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia tamnifolia
1896
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils)
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in GA), endemic to the Atlantic Coastal Plain
Look for it in pocosins, swamp forests, edges of pine savannas, 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.
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!