Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax lasioneura
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 lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Smilax lasioneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilax herbacea var. lasioneura
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia lasioneuron
COMMON NAME:
Midwestern Carrionflower
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_flwrwad
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Flowers in axillary umbels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wad199
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaf bases cordate, the leaf margins convex in outline, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wad2
April Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Stem herbaceous, lacking prickles. Plant vine-like, climbing or sprawling, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wm2
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmslasioneura_wm3
Month Unknown Pickens County SC
Jocassee Gorges
Leaves pale green & dull below, & puberulent, at least on the veins, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax lasioneura
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
The Biota of North America Program. BONAP (Kartesz, 2015)
Smilax lasioneuron
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Britton & Brown Illus Flora of Northeast US & adjacent Canada (Gleason, 1952)
Smilax herbacea var. lasioneura
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia lasioneuron
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Herbaceous vine (with tendrils)
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in moist deciduous forests, hammocks, bluff forests, pine-oak hickory submesic forests, perhaps only or primarily over mafic rocks, 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
Flowers in spherical umbels from leaf axils
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
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