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Photographer: Merel R. Black
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Family Smilacaceae
Smilax ecirrhata S.Watson
upright carrion-flower
Smilax: Greek for "clasping"
ecirrhata: without tendrils
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | mostly erect, herbaceous annual, 1'-3' tall forb, none to a few tendrils; no prickles, unbranched |
| Flower: | green to yellowish, 6-parted; inflorescence 1-3 ball-like, stalked umbels with less than 25 flowers and found below the main leaves; blooms May-June |
| Fruit: | dark blue berries in round clusters |
| Leaf: | less than 20, usually 7-9 and crowding the upper 2/3 of the stem; widely oval, rounding to a short point, heart-shaped base; parallel veins, underside finely hairy, stalks shorter than the leaf blade |
| Habitat: | woods; in rich soil |
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