Flora of North America species comparison

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Smilax hugeri

Huger's carrionflower
Habit Herbs; rhizomes knotty, slender.
Stems

annual, erect, 2–5 m, herbaceous, glabrous;

prickles absent.
Leaves

few, disposed distally or evenly distributed, subequal;

petiole shorter than blade;

tendrils absent or rudimentary;

blade oblong, oblong-ovate, or sometimes oval, 2.5–12 × 1.5–7.5 cm, not glaucous, puberulent abaxially, base rounded to slightly cordate, margins entire, apex broadly rounded to obtuse or abruptly pointed.
Umbels

1–3, proximalmost axillary to bracts, 5–12-flowered.
Flowers

perianth greenish;

tepals 3–3.5 mm;

anthers shorter than filaments;

ovules (1–)2 per locule.
Berries

globose, 8–10 mm diam., glaucous.
2n

= 26.

Smilax hugeri
Phenology Flowering Apr–May.
Habitat Moist, mixed woods and wooded slopes
Distribution
from FNA
AL; FL; GA; NC; SC; TN
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Discussion

Smilax hugeri is distinguished from S. ecirrhata and S. biltmoreana mainly by leaf morphology. Specimens from Tennessee are not sharply distinct from S. ecirrhata. J. K. Mangaly (1968) cited this as possible evidence of divergence from that species.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Source FNA vol. 26, p. 474.
Parent taxa Smilacaceae > Smilax
Sibling taxa
S. auriculata, S. biltmoreana, S. bona-nox, S. californica, S. ecirrata, S. glauca, S. havanensis, S. herbacea, S. illinoensis, S. jamesii, S. lasioneura, S. laurifolia, S. pseudochina, S. pulverulenta, S. pumila, S. rotundifolia, S. smallii, S. tamnoides, S. walteri
Synonyms Nemexia hugeri, S. ecirrhata var. hugeri
Name authority (Small) J. B. Norton ex Pennell: Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 43: 420. (1916)
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