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|accepted_name=Smilax californica
|accepted_authority=(A. de Candolle) A. Gray in S. Watson
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in S. Watson, Bot. California
|place=2: 186. 1880
|year=1880
}}
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Smilax rotundifolia var. californica
|authority=A. de Candolle
|rank=variety
|publication_title=in A. L. P. P. de Candolle and C. de Candolle, Monogr. Phan.
|publication_place=1: 75. 1878
}}
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Smilacaceae;Smilax;Smilax californica
|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 californica]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 472
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Shrubs </b>or vines; rhizomes short, knotty. <b>Stems</b> perennial, climbing or not, to 12 m, woody, glabrous; prickles sometimes absent distally, bristlelike, 3–11 mm, flexible. <b>Leaves</b> evergreen, ± evenly dispersed; petiole 0.5–2 cm; blade dull green, drying to dull, ashy green, ovate to broadly ovate, conspicuously veined, 4–11 × 3–8 cm, not glaucous, glabrous, base cordate to subcordate; margins entire, thin, flat, not banded, never lobed; apex acute, often apiculate. <b>Umbels</b> axillary to distal leaves, (2–)8–13(–19)-flowered; peduncle 2–5 cm, longer than petiole of subtending leaf. <b>Flowers</b>: perianth green; tepals 3–6 mm; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel thin, 1–1.5 cm. <b>Berries</b> black, ovoid, 7–9 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Yellow pine and mixed evergreen forests, often in thickets along rivers, streams, and springs, partial–full sun
|elevation=250–1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|discussion=<p><i>Smilax californica</i> is apparently closely related to the more eastern <i>S. tamnoides</i>. It lacks the minute serrulations characteristic of the latter’s leaves.</p>
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name=Smilax californica
|authority=(A. de Candolle) A. Gray in S. Watson
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=Smilax rotundifolia var. californica
|family=Smilacaceae
|phenology=Flowering May–Jun.
|habitat=Yellow pine and mixed evergreen forests, often in thickets along rivers, streams, and springs, partial–full sun
|elevation=250–1200 m
|distribution=Calif.;Oreg.
|reference=None
|publication title=in S. Watson, Bot. California
|publication year=1880
|special status=
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|genus=Smilax
|species=Smilax californica
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