Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax hugeri
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 hugeri
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-003b:
Smilax ecirrhata var. hugeri
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia hugeri
COMMON NAME:
Huger's Carrionflower
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_smilax_hugeri_2
April
Flowers yellowish-green, foul-smelling, in round umbels from leaf axils, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians.
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_smilax_hugeri_3
April
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmshugeri_johncr1
May
Leaves usually thin, few, usually 4-8, usually clustered near stem summit, per Weakley's Flora.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmshugeri_johncr2
May
Leaves pubescent beneath, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Patrick D. McMillan pdmshugeri_wos1
May Blount County TN
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Plants erect [not vine-like, climbing or sprawling], lacking prickles, per Weakley's Flora.
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (6/30/18):
Smilax hugeri
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax hugeri
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-003b:
Smilax ecirrhata var. hugeri
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia hugeri
2335
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Rare
Look for it in moist deciduous forests, 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, whorl-like cluster of 4-8 leaves near stem summit
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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee p383?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p439