Smilax_pumila

<i>Smilax pumila</i>

Smilax pumila

Species of flowering plant

Smilax pumila, the sarsaparilla vine,[2] is a North American species of plants native to the southeastern United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.[1][3]

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Smilax pumila is the only smilax species to not have thorns[4]. It either runs along the ground or clambers up other vegetation. Flowers are yellow; fruits red and egg-shaped.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax pumila". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. [4]
    https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication/FR375
  5. [5]
    Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 476 Sarsaparilla vine Smilax pumila Walter, Fl. Carol. 244. 1788.


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