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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Smilax walteri
|accepted_authority=Pursh
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|place=1: 249. 1814
|year=1814
}}
|common_names=Red-berried greenbrier;red-berried bamboo
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Smilacaceae;Smilax;Smilax walteri
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Smilacaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Smilax]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Smilax walteri]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 470, 478
|treatment_page=page 477
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Vines; rhizomes slender, running. <b>Stems</b> perennial, climbing to clambering, branching, slender, 2–6 m, woody, glabrous; prickles scattered, subulate. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous to semievergreen; petiole 0.5–1 cm; blade abaxially green, drying to lightly orange-tinted brown, ovate-oblong, to ovate-lanceolate, with 3 prominent veins, thin, 6–10 × 3–7 cm, glabrous or minutely pubescent abaxially, not glaucous, base rounded, subcordate, or, sometimes, cuneate at petiole insertion, margins entire, apex acute, mucronate. <b>Umbels</b> few to many, axillary to leaves, few-flowered, loose, hemispherical; peduncle 0.5–2 cm, generally shorter than petiole of subtending leaf. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth brownish yellow; tepals 3–6 mm; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel 0.5–1 cm. <b>Berries</b> bright red to orange, globose, 7–9 mm, shining.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Wet thickets, low pinelands, swamps, boggy areas
|elevation=0–350 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p>The brightly colored fruits make <i>Smilax walteri</i> conspicuous in the winter.</p>
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name=Smilax walteri
|author=
|authority=Pursh
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Smilacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Apr–Jun.
|habitat=Wet thickets, low pinelands, swamps, boggy areas
|elevation=0–350 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Amer. Sept.
|publication year=1814
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/8f726806613d60c220dc4493de13607dd3150896/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_999.xml
|genus=Smilax
|species=Smilax walteri
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