Smilax herbacea 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 2.5 m, often freely branched; lvs numerous (more than 25), most of them with tendrils, at base cordate to rounded, at apex acuminate to cuspidate or broadly rounded, always with convex lateral margins; peduncles numerous, individually axillary to the foliage-lvs, flattened, with numerous (mostly more than 25) fls; tep 3.5–5 mm; anthers 1–2 mm; fr 8–10 mm; seeds 3–6; 2n=26. Moist soil of open woods, roadsides, and thickets. May, June. Three vars..