OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Monocots: Liliales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax auriculata   FAMILY Smilacaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax auriculata   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Smilax auriculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-009:

Smilax auriculata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The woody Smilaxes of the United States (Coker, 1944)

Smilax auriculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Smilax auriculata

 

COMMON NAME:
Dune Greenbrier


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image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

JK Marlow    jkm0502d_01

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

A vine usually forming dense low thickets, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

JK Marlow    s050227_o

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Stems usually spineless. Leaves leathery, smooth, green on both sides, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

JK Marlow    s050227_p

February    Horry County    SC

Myrtle Beach State Park

Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, abruptly rounded to acute apex, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

Keith Bradley    kab_s_auriculata_77373

July    Miami-Dade County    FL

image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

Alan S. Weakley    asw_684328376732967

December    Georgetown County    SC

image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

Alan S. Weakley    asw_837890757435854

December        

Blades frequently broadened or auricled below midpoint, margin with prominent cartilaginous band, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Smilax auriculata, Dune Greenbrier

Alan S. Weakley    asw_850399166199796

December    Georgetown County    SC

Two seeds per berry. — Alan Weakley

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Smilax auriculata   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax auriculata   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax auriculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-009:
Smilax auriculata   FAMILY Liliaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH The woody Smilaxes of the United States (Coker, 1944)
Smilax auriculata

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Smilax auriculata

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1394

Climbing woody vine
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: dunes on barrier islands, maritime scrub and thickets, dry sandy openings in maritime forests or sandhills (northward, as in the Carolinas, limited to sites near the coast), per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Stems usually armed with prickles

LEAVES:
Evergreen
Simple
Alternate

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Yellowish-green
Radially symmetrical
6 tepals
6 stamens in staminate flowers
Superior ovary
Unisexual

Flowers in axillary umbels

FRUIT:
Fall
Black
Berry

 

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