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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).

Root tuberous (Runkel and Bull 2009).

Carrion flower (Smilax herbacea) flower

Carrion flower (Smilax herbacea) leaf

Seed Cleaning
Remove seeds from pulp
Storage
Unknown if the seeds tolerate dry storage
Restoration Potential
Low