Difference between revisions of "Smilax tamnoides"
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|name=Smilax tamnoides var. hispida | |name=Smilax tamnoides var. hispida | ||
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|distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis. | |distribution=Ont.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;D.C.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis. | ||
| − | |discussion=<p>Smilax tamnoides is marked by its dark, flexible, and unequal bristles and leaves with minutely serrulate margins basally. The far-western S. californica appears to be closely related but lacks the serrulate margins of the leaf bases.</p> | + | |discussion=<p><i>Smilax tamnoides</i> is marked by its dark, flexible, and unequal bristles and leaves with minutely serrulate margins basally. The far-western <i>S. californica</i> appears to be closely related but lacks the serrulate margins of the leaf bases.</p> |
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|genus=Smilax | |genus=Smilax | ||
|species=Smilax tamnoides | |species=Smilax tamnoides | ||
Revision as of 16:48, 18 September 2019
Vines; rhizomes knotty, short. Stems perennial, climbing, branching, terete, to 7+ m × 9 mm, woody, glabrous, with prickles proximally, prickles usually absent distally; prickles blackish, unequal, 3–10+ mm, bristly, flexible. Leaves ± persistent in southern part of range, deciduous in north; petiole 1–2 cm; blade green, drying to light olive-gray, ovate-lanceolate, ovate, or sometimes pandurate, prominently reticulate, thin, 5–13 × 3–10 cm, not glaucous, glabrous (to prickly on major veins abaxially), base rounded to cordate, margins entire apically, minutely serrulate basally, thin, flat, not banded, not lobed, apex pointed. Umbels many, axillary to leaves, to 25-flowered, open to dense, spherical; peduncle often drooping, 1.5–6.5 cm. Flowers: perianth green to bronze; tepals 4–5 mm; anthers ± equaling to shorter than filaments; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel 0.4–1.2 cm. Berries black, globose, 6–10 mm, not glaucous.
Phenology: Flowering May–Jun.
Habitat: Wet to dry woods, thickets, bottomlands
Elevation: 0–400 m
Distribution
Ont., Ala., Ark., Conn., Del., D.C., Fla., Ga., Ill., Ind., Iowa, Kans., Ky., La., Md., Mass., Mich., Minn., Miss., Mo., Nebr., N.J., N.Y., N.C., Ohio, Okla., Pa., S.C., S.Dak., Tenn., Tex., Vt., Va., W.Va., Wis.
Discussion
Smilax tamnoides is marked by its dark, flexible, and unequal bristles and leaves with minutely serrulate margins basally. The far-western S. californica appears to be closely related but lacks the serrulate margins of the leaf bases.
Selected References
None.