Smilax herbacea
Family
Liliaceae
Common Name(s)
Carrion flower
Flowering Time
May to June
Fruit/Seed Maturation Sign
Berries turn purple
Fruit/Seed Collection Dates
October through winter
Notes
Produces few fruits and seeds per plant (Barkely 1986, Gleason and Cronquist 1991). Seeds stored in cold, moist sphagnum upon collection deteriorated; seeds sowed outside did not germinate (Mabry and Mottl, personal observation).
Seed Cleaning
Remove seeds from pulp
Storage
Unknown if the seeds tolerate dry storage
Restoration Potential
Low