NameThatPlant.net: Smilax laurifolia

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax laurifolia FAMILY Smilacaceae Go to FSUS key

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SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax laurifolia FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-010:

Smilax laurifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

COMMON NAME:
Bamboo-vine, Blaspheme-vine, Wild Bamboo, Laurel-leaf Greenbriar

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax laurifolia FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax laurifolia FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-010:
Smilax laurifolia FAMILY Liliaceae

1400

Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: pocosins, swamp forests, wooded seeps and bogs, swamps, and other wetlands, often with groundwater influence, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually viciously armed with stout prickles almost 1cm long

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

RHIZOMES? STOLONS?
Rhizomatous

FLOWER:
Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in axillary umbels

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Bluish-black
Berry

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