OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

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



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax biltmoreana   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Smilax biltmoreana

INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)

Smilax herbacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-003a:

Smilax ecirrhata var. biltmoreana   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

Nemexia biltmoreana

 

COMMON NAME:
Biltmore Carrionflower


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image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm0504s_24

April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Plants erect [not vine-like, climbing or sprawling], per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm0504s_25

April    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Flowers in axillary umbels, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm090425_08485

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

Stem herbaceous, lacking prickles, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm090425_087

April    Pickens County    SC

Nine Times Preserve

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm100427_087b

April    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

The tepals are attached at the base of the superior ovary (developing berry).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm100427_090

April    Greenville County    SC

Ashmore Heritage Preserve

Peduncles usually greater than 4cm long, per Weakley's Flora.

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm150621_357

June    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

Lowest peduncle from a leaf axil (very rarely from bract axils), per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm200613_5864

June    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm200613_5866

June    Jackson County    NC

Foothills Trail

Leaves glabrous and glaucous beneath, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

Patrick D. McMillan    pdmsbiltmoreana_trsp1

June    Pickens County    SC

Table Rock State Park

Leaves 4-7, clustered together near the summit of the stem, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm0508d_25

August    Transylvania County    NC

Leaves thick in texture, leaf base cordate, per Weakley's Flora (2022).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm120804_194

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm120804_196

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

Leaves oblong-ovate, 7-15cm long, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm120804_198

August    Transylvania County    NC

DuPont State Forest

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4160

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

image of Smilax biltmoreana, Biltmore Carrionflower

JK Marlow    jkm180825_4163

August    Pickens County    SC

Jocassee Gorges

 

 

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Smilax biltmoreana   FAMILY Smilacaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Smilax biltmoreana

INCLUDED WITHIN Phylogeography of North American herbaceous Smilax (Smilacaceae) (Li et al., 2013)
Smilax herbacea

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 041-02-003a:
Smilax ecirrhata var. biltmoreana   FAMILY Liliaceae

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

 

Find by SCIENTIFIC NAME:

1397

Forb
Perennial
Dioecious

Habitat: Dry forests (such as dry pine ridges and chestnut oak forests) and moist forests, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Rare

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IS THE PLANT "ARMED"?
Not armed

LEAVES:
Simple
Alternate, whorl-like cluster of 5-7 leaves near stem summit

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

FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Black
Berry

 

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