Smilax herbacea is a vine with alternate, simple leaves, on climbing stems. The flowers are green, borne in spring. The plant looks like asparagus when it first sprouts out of the ground. The plant can grow over 8 feet tall without support, but will eventually fall over unless it successfully finds external support.[5]
^USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax herbacea". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
^Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
^ abFlora of North America Vol. 26 Page 473 Carrion-flower, Jacob’s-ladder, smilax herbacé, Smilax herbacea Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 1030. 1753.
^Elias, Thomas S.; Dykeman, Peter A. (2009) [1982]. Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods. New York: Sterling. p. 66. ISBN978-1-4027-6715-9. OCLC 244766414.
^Batchelor, John; Miyabe, Kingo (1893). "Ainu economic plants". Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan. XXI: 212.
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smilax, herbacea, smooth, carrionflower, smooth, herbaceous, greenbrier, plant, catbriar, family, native, eastern, canada, quebec, ontario, brunswick, eastern, united, states, south, georgia, alabama, preferred, natural, habitat, rich, forests, riparian, thick. Smilax herbacea the smooth carrionflower 2 or smooth herbaceous greenbrier is a plant in the catbriar family It is native to eastern Canada Quebec Ontario New Brunswick and the eastern United States as far south as Georgia and Alabama 3 4 Its preferred natural habitat is rich forests and riparian thicket and meadows 5 Smilax herbacea Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Monocots Order Liliales Family Smilacaceae Genus Smilax Section Smilax sect Nemexia Species S herbacea Binomial name Smilax herbaceaL Synonyms 1 Synonymy Coprosmanthus herbaceus L KunthNemexia herbacea L SmallSmilax peduncularis Muhl ex Willd Nemexia cerulea Raf Nemexia nigra Raf Smilax longifolia P Watson 1825 not Rich 1792Smilax watsonii SweetCoprosmanthus consanguineus KunthCoprosmanthus peduncularis Muhl ex Willd Kunth Contents 1 Description 2 Uses 2 1 Food 2 2 Ethnobotany 3 ReferencesDescription editSmilax herbacea is a vine with alternate simple leaves on climbing stems The flowers are green borne in spring The plant looks like asparagus when it first sprouts out of the ground The plant can grow over 8 feet tall without support but will eventually fall over unless it successfully finds external support 5 nbsp Flower in bud nbsp Young sprout at 2 height nbsp Line drawing showing floral details nbsp flower prior to opening nbsp Uses edit nbsp detail of new growth of Smilax herbacea Food edit The species can be used as food when prepared in the same fashion as Smilax bona nox and Smilax rotundifolia 6 Ethnobotany edit In traditional Ainu medicine applications of the softened leaves were used for healing eye infections skin eruptions and wounds 7 References edit Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families USDA NRCS n d Smilax herbacea The PLANTS Database plants usda gov Greensboro North Carolina National Plant Data Team Retrieved 16 November 2015 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map a b Flora of North America Vol 26 Page 473 Carrion flower Jacob s ladder smilax herbace Smilax herbacea Linnaeus Sp Pl 2 1030 1753 Elias Thomas S Dykeman Peter A 2009 1982 Edible Wild Plants A North American Field Guide to Over 200 Natural Foods New York Sterling p 66 ISBN 978 1 4027 6715 9 OCLC 244766414 Batchelor John Miyabe Kingo 1893 Ainu economic plants Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan XXI 212 nbsp This Liliales article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Smilax herbacea amp oldid 1185015904, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
