Smilax bona-nox
Family: Smilacaceae
Plant Description: Prickly evergreen vine with triangular or ovate leaves4-9 cm wide. Flowers in axillary umbels, unisecual with male and female on separate plants. Perianth 5-6 mmlong, green. Fruits black.
Plant Trivia:
Field Identification: Vicious vines with cat-like spines that trip people and slash the skin when walking among them.
Occurrence: Frequent on coastal woods, river and creek bottoms, and deep ravines.
Bloom Period: April-May
Plant Use:
Key to the species of Smilax:
- Leaf margins disinctly thickened……………………………………………S. bona-nox
Leaf margins not thickened…………………………………………………..S. tamnoides
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