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{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Smilax smallii
|accepted_authority=Morong
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|place=21: 430. 1894
|year=1894
}}
|common_names=Cantaque
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Smilax ovata
|authority=Pursh
|publication_title=
|publication_place=1814
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Smilax cinnamomiifolia
|authority=Small
}}
|hierarchy=Smilacaceae;Smilax;Smilax smallii
|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 smallii]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 469, 470
|treatment_page=page 477
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties="">Vines; rhizomes irregularly tuberous, branched, thick, to 1.5+ m. <b>Stems</b> perennial, climbing, greenish or reddish brown, terete, 10+ m × 27 mm, woody, glabrous, glaucous when young; prickles few, scattered, recurved, flattened, 3–4 mm. <b>Leaves</b> evergreen, distally disposed (± evenly disposed on immature plants); petiole 0.3–1.3 cm; blade deep green, often variegated, drying to pale green, lanceolate-elliptic to narrowly ovate, prominently reticulate, 5-veined from base, 5–6.6 × 1.7–3 cm, abaxially glabrous, not glaucous, base rounded to cuneate, margins entire to undulate, apex acuminate. <b>Umbels</b> many, axillary to leaves, 7–15-flowered, loose to dense, hemispherical to spherical; peduncle 0.5–2.3 cm. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth green; tepals 3–6 mm; anthers ± 1/5 as long as filaments; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel (0.3–)0.5–0.7(–1) cm. <b>Berries</b> black, globose to compressed, 5.5–8 mm, glaucous.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Rich woods, pinewoods, streambanks, edges of fields, swamp margins, ditches, well-drained but not dry soils
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Smilax smallii</i> is the highest-climbing species of <i>Smilax</i> within the flora and it is particularly conspicuous during the winter. It has been used as an ornamental and as a winter decoration, primarily in the Christmas trade. The starchy rhizomes and succulent, immature stems were used for food by Native Americans and early settlers.</p>
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name=Smilax smallii
|author=
|authority=Morong
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Smilax cinnamomiifolia
|basionyms=Smilax ovata
|family=Smilacaceae
|phenology=Flowering Jun–Jul.
|habitat=Rich woods, pinewoods, streambanks, edges of fields, swamp margins, ditches, well-drained but not dry soils
|elevation=0–600 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;La.;Md.;Miss.;N.C.;Okla.;S.C.;Tex.;Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Bull. Torrey Bot. Club
|publication year=1894
|special status=
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|genus=Smilax
|species=Smilax smallii
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