Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax ecirrata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax ecirrhata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Flora of North America
Smilax ecirrhata
INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Smilax ecirrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT) Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia ecirrhata
COMMON NAME:
Upright Carrionflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax ecirrata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax ecirrhata
FAMILY
Smilacaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Flora of North America
Smilax ecirrhata
INCLUDED WITHIN
Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Smilax ecirrata
SYNONYMOUS WITH (ORTHOGRAPHIC VARIANT)
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Nemexia ecirrhata
4012
Forb
Perennial
Dioecious
Habitat: forests, per Weakley's Flora
Native north and west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed
LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, often well distributed in upper half of stem, reduced distally
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Berry
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