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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Smilax herbacea
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=2: 1030. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Carrion-flower;Jacob’s-ladder;smilax herbacé
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Coprosmanthus herbaceus
|authority=(Linnaeus) Kunth
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|name=Coprosmanthus peduncularis
|authority=(Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) Kunth
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nemexia cerulea
|authority=Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nemexia herbacea
|authority=(Linnaeus) Small
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Nemexia nigra
|authority=Rafinesque
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax herbacea subsp. crispifolia
|authority=Pennell
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax herbacea var. peduncularis
|authority=(Muhlenberg ex Willdenow) A. de Candolle
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax herbacea var. simsii
|authority=A. de Candolle
}} {{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax peduncularis
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Smilacaceae;Smilax;Smilax herbacea
|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 herbacea]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 467, 471
|treatment_page=page 473
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Vines.</b> Stems annual, climbing, branching, to 2.5 m, herbaceous, glabrous; prickles absent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole thin, 1–6 cm; tendrils numerous, long, functional; blade oblong-ovate, ovate, or round, 4.5–12 × 3–9 cm, glabrous abaxially, base cordate to truncate, margins entire, apex obtuse to acute; proximal cauline leaves narrower and smaller. <b>Umbels</b> many, axillary to leaves, 20–100+-flowered, globose; peduncle to 30 cm, progressively shorter distally. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth greenish, carrion-scented; tepals 3.5–4.5 mm; anthers much shorter than filaments; ovules (1–)2 per locule; pedicel 0.5–2 cm. <b>Berries</b> blue, subglobose, ca. 10 mm diam., glaucous. <b>2n</b> = 26.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Higher elevations in rich woods, alluvial thickets, and meadows, often in calcareous soils
|elevation=100–800 m
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>The leaves and habit of <i>Smilax herbacea</i> are quite variable.</p>
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name=Smilax herbacea
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Coprosmanthus herbaceus;Coprosmanthus peduncularis;Nemexia cerulea;Nemexia herbacea;Nemexia nigra;Smilax herbacea subsp. crispifolia;Smilax herbacea var. peduncularis;Smilax herbacea var. simsii;Smilax peduncularis
|basionyms=
|family=Smilacaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Higher elevations in rich woods, alluvial thickets, and meadows, often in calcareous soils
|elevation=100–800 m
|distribution=N.B.;Ont.;Que.;Ala.;Ga.;Ky.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V26/V26_987.xml
|genus=Smilax
|species=Smilax herbacea
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