Smilax pseudochina L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Smilacaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Herbaceous, unarmed, climbing to 2 m, occasionally branched; lvs numerous, mostly with tendrils, the blade 5–12 cm, thin, glabrous, the larger ones hastate, with concave margins, truncate to subcordate at base, rounded and cuspidate at the tip; peduncles axillary to foliage- lvs, often 2 or 3 from the same axil, terete even at maturity surpassing the petiole and often nearly equaling the blade, with 10–30 fls; tep 1.5–2.5 mm; anthers 0.5–1 mm; fr black, glaucous, 4–6 mm, with 1–3 seeds; 2n=30. Moist or wet low places on the coastal plain; N.J. and Del. to Ga. May. (S. tamnifolia)