Smilax auriculata |
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earleaf greenbrier, wild-bamboo |
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Stems | perennial, climbing, branching zigzag, terete, 5–9 m × 5–8 mm, woody, glabrous; prickles numerous, sparse or absent distally, flattened, rigid, stout, to 4 mm. |
Leaves | evergreen; petiole 0.5–1.2 cm; blade green abaxially, drying to brownish green, narrowly ovate to ovate-elliptic, with 3 prominent veins, secondary veins obscure to prominent, 4.5–6(–8.5) × 2–3.5 cm, not glaucous, glabrous or minutely pubescent abaxially, base auriculate, pandurate, or rounded, cuneate at insertion of petiole, margins entire, apex acute to abruptly deflexed point. |
Umbels | 3–8, terminal, axillary to leaves, 5–8(–25)-flowered, loose; peduncle 0.2–1.5 cm. |
Flowers | perianth green; tepals: staminate 6–8 mm, pistillate 3–4 mm; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel 0.2–1 cm. |
Berries | purplish maroon, purple, or black, ovoid to flattened, 5–7 mm, glaucous. |
Vines | ; rhizomes linear or dense masses of potatolike tubers. |
Smilax auriculata |
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Phenology | Flowering Apr–Jul. |
Habitat | Dunes and sandy flatwoods, full sun |
Elevation | 0–100 m (0–300 ft) |
Distribution |
AL; FL; GA; LA; MS; NC; SC; West Indies (Bahamas)
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Source | FNA vol. 26, p. 471. |
Parent taxa | Smilacaceae > Smilax |
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Synonyms | S. beyrichii, S. lata |
Name authority | Walter: Fl. Carol., 245. (1788) |
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