Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Smilax ecirrata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax ecirrhata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America
Smilax ecirrhata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia ecirrhata
COMMON NAME:
upright carrionflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA (5/21/15):
Smilax ecirrata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax ecirrhata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America
Smilax ecirrhata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia ecirrhata
4012
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Native north and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in - - -
Look for it in 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, often well distributed in upper half of stem, reduced distally
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Unisexual
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
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