Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax smallii
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
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Learn more from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina website.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax smallii
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-011:
Smilax smallii FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) The woody Smilaxes of the United States (Coker, 1944)
Smilax lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smilax lanceolata
COMMON NAME:
Jackson-brier, Unarmed Catbrier, Sweet-scented Smilax
To see larger pictures, click or hover over the thumbnails.
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smla2_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_smsm_003_lvd
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Alan S. Weakley asw_1253417525221174
January
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Will Stuart wil_8393092447_ccaf4182e7
January Anson County NC
Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge
Berries dull red. Leaf base cuneate (vs. S. walteri almost always rounded), per Weakley's Flora (2012).
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JK Marlow jkm160226_990
February Aiken County SC
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JK Marlow jkm160226_991a
February Aiken County SC
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JK Marlow jkm150822_843
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Upper stem greenish with sparse 3-4mm prickles, per Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011).
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JK Marlow jkm150822_844
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Stems green, terete, and usually spineless, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150822_846
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
Leaves gradually contracted to acute or acuminate apices, base rounded to cuneate, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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JK Marlow jkm150822_847
August Oconee County SC
Brasstown Creek Heritage Preserve
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax smallii
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax smallii
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Smilax smallii
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-011:
Smilax smallii
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
The woody Smilaxes of the United States (Coker, 1944)
Smilax lanceolata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (MISAPPLIED)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smilax lanceolata
1403
Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: Bottomland and riparian forests, upland forests, hardwood flatwoods, pine flatwoods, wooded seeps, stream banks, roadsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common in Coastal Plain of GA & SC, uncommon to rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with prickles (twigs & mature fruiting stems often lack them)
LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
Flowers in axillary umbels
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Dull red then black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Forest Plants of the Southeast and Their Wildlife Uses (Miller & Miller, 2005) p292
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p102
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p441
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p451
- How to Recognize Shrubs (Grimm, 1966) p075
- Native Shrubs and Woody Vines of the Southeast (Foote & Jones, 1989) p053
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p420
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide (Lance, 2004) p330
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p255
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