Smilax ecirrata (Kunth) S. Wats.
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- Family
- Smilacaceae
- Botanical Name
- Smilax ecirrata (Kunth) S. Wats.
- Common Name
- Upright Carrion-flower, Upright Greenbrier
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Smilax ecirrata (Kunth) S. Wats.
- Comments
- FNA doesn't attribute this species to Virginia; the Montgomery and Rockingham records are suspect, but Lee Co. is verified. FNA gives the author as "S. Watson in A. Gray et al."; however, this fails to account for the earlier use of the name by Kunth. Rhodora 70:265 says Engelmann first applied the name but there is no clear indication that he supplied the name to Kunth. Voss says the specific epithet is "often incorrectly spelled ecirrhata"!
- Habitat
- Mesic to dry forests over limestone. Rare, mountains; definitely known only from Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; records from Montgomery and Rockingham counties are based on vegetative specimens and are questionable.
- Native Status
- Native
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