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|accepted_name=Smilax glauca
|accepted_authority=Walter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Fl. Carol.,
|place=245. 1788
|year=1788
}}
|common_names=Wild sarsaparilla;sawbrier
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax glauca var. leurophylla
|authority=S. F. Blake
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax spinulosa
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Smilacaceae;Smilax;Smilax glauca
|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 glauca]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 470
|treatment_page=page 473
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Vines; rhizomes tuberous, or spinose, linear. <b>Stems</b> perennial, climbing, branching, green, often mottled, terete, to 5+ m, woody, glaucous, glabrous; prickles, when present, thin, 1–5 mm. <b>Leaves</b> deciduous to semi evergreen, ± evenly disposed; petiole 0.5–1.5 cm; blade green to glaucous-green, often mottled adaxially, silvery grayish abaxially, drying to brownish tan adaxially, broadly ovate, elliptic to reniform, with 3 (or 5) conspicuous veins, 4.5–11 × 2.5–6.6 cm, glabrous and glaucous abaxially, base truncate, subcordate, or attenuate, margins entire, apex rounded, tapering, or short-acuminate. <b>Umbels</b> few to many, axillary to leaves, 5–12+-flowered, open, umbellate to hemispherical; peduncle 2–5 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth yellow to bronze; tepals 3–7 mm; anthers longer than filaments; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel 0.5–1 cm. <b>Berries</b> blue to black, subglobose, 8–10 mm, shiny black at maturity, glaucous. <b>2n</b> = 28, 32.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Dry to wet woods, thickets, hedge- rows, roadsides
|elevation=0–800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Smilax glauca</i> is easily recognized by its glaucous to whitened abaxial leaf surfaces, which, however, may be altered by heat in drying. It is reportedly the most weedy species of the genus. The plants tend to be evergreen in the more southern part of the distribution.</p>
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name=Smilax glauca
|author=
|authority=Walter
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Smilax glauca var. leurophylla;Smilax spinulosa
|basionyms=
|family=Smilacaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jul.
|habitat=Dry to wet woods, thickets, hedge- rows, roadsides
|elevation=0–800 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Tex.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Fl. Carol.,
|publication year=1788
|special status=
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|genus=Smilax
|species=Smilax glauca
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