Smilax pumila

Smilax pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Smilacaceae
Genus:	Smilax
Species:	S. pumila
Binomial name
	Smilax pumila; Walter
Synonyms
	Synonymy Parillax pumila (Walter) Raf. ; Smilax humilis Mill. ; Smilax pubera Michx. ; Smilax puberula Kunth ;

Smilax pumila, the sarsaparilla vine,^[2] is a North American species of plants native to the southeastern United States from eastern Texas to South Carolina.^[1]^[3]

Smilax pumila is a prickly vine or subshrub up to 100 cm (40 inches) tall. It either runs along the ground or clambers up other vegetation. Flowers are yellow; fruits red and egg-shaped.^[4]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax pumila". 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
^ Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 476 Sarsaparilla vine Smilax pumila Walter, Fl. Carol. 244. 1788.

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[h-1] Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

[2] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax pumila". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.

[3] Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map

[4] Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 476 Sarsaparilla vine Smilax pumila Walter, Fl. Carol. 244. 1788.

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