Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax pseudochina
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 pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax pseudochina
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-001:
Smilax tamnifolia FAMILY Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Smilax pseudo-china
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia tamnifolia
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Carrionflower, Bamboo-vine
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smps_001_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_smta3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax pseudochina
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Smilax pseudochina
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-001:
Smilax tamnifolia
FAMILY
Liliaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Gray's Manual of Botany (Fernald, 1950)
Smilax pseudo-china
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia tamnifolia
1896
Herbaceous vine (with tendrils)
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: pocosins, swamp forests, edges of pine savannas, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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Click here to see a map showing all occurrences known to SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria. (Zoom in to see more detail.)
IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate
FLOWER:
Spring
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998) p018
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p196
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".