Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax hugeri
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
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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 Flora of North America
Smilax hugeri
INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea
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 (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).
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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 (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).
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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 OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax hugeri
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax hugeri
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Smilax hugeri
INCLUDED WITHIN
Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea
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
Habitat: Moist deciduous forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon (rare in Carolina Mountains & NC Piedmont)
CLICK HERE to see a map, notes, and images from Weakley's Flora of the Southeastern US.
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, whorl-like cluster of 4-8 leaves near stem summit
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
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!
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p418
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p383?
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p439
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