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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Smilacaceae
Smilax illinoensis Mangaly
Illinois carrion-flower, Illinois greenbrier
Smilax: Greek for "clasping"
illinoensis: from Illinois
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | erect, perennial, up to 3' tall forb, no prickles |
| Flower: | green to yellowish, 6-parted; inflorescence with 10-50 flowers in the 3-10 ball-like, long stalked umbels usually held below the leaves |
| Fruit: | berry |
| Leaf: | more than 10 evenly distributed along the stem, many with tendrils, parallel veins; narrowly oval rounding to a short point and a rounded to truncated base; stalks equal to or longer than the blade |
| Habitat: | woods |
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