Part 7 - UNC Herbarium

SMILACACEAE 938
Smilax laurifolia Linnaeus, Blaspheme-vine, Bamboo-vine. Cp, Pd, Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA): pocosins, swamp forests,
mountain bogs in sw. NC; common (rare in Piedmont and Mountains). July-August; September-October of the second year (and
persisting). Primarily a Southeastern Coastal Plain species: NJ south to s. FL, west to w. TN, AR, and e. TX, and also in the
Bahama Islands and Cuba. [= RAB, C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, S, W, Y]
Smilax pseudochina Linnaeus, Coastal Carrionflower. Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA): pocosins, swamp forests, edges of pine
savannas; uncommon. May; August-October. An Atlantic Coastal Plain endemic: NJ, se. PA, and DE south to e. GA. [= C,
FNA, K, Y; = S. tamnifolia Michaux – RAB, G; = S. pseudo-china – F, W, Z, orthographic variant; > Nemexia tamnifolia
(Michaux) Small – S; > Nemexia leptanthera (Pennell) Small – S]
Smilax pulverulenta Michaux. Mt (GA, NC, SC, VA), Pd, Cp (NC, SC, VA): moist deciduous forests: common. May-
June; August-October. Se. NY, se. and sc. PA, IN, MO, and e. KS south to NC, TN, and AR. [= F, FNA, K, W, Y, Z; = S.
herbacea var. pulverulenta (Michaux) A. Gray – RAB, C, G; = Nemexia pulverulenta (Michaux) Small – S]
Smilax pumila Walter, Sarsaparilla-vine, Dwarf Smilax. Cp (GA, SC): mesic to dryish hammocks and bluffs, northward
primarily in maritime-influenced mainland forest, with Magnolia grandiflora and Tilia americana var. caroliniana; rare (NC
Watch List). October-November; January-April (and persisting). Ne. SC (within a few hundred meters of Brunswick County,
NC) to FL and west to TX. It occurs on Colkins Neck, along the NC-SC border, in maritime-influenced forests with southern
affinities, now largely destroyed by golf-course development. This unusual Smilax is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental
ground-cover. [= RAB, FNA, K, S, Y]
Smilax rotundifolia Linnaeus, Common Greenbrier, Bullbrier, Horsebrier. Mt, Pd, Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA): in a wide
variety of upland and wetland habitats; common. April-May; September-November (and persisting). Nova Scotia and s. Ontario
south to n. FL and e. TX. [= RAB, C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, S, W, Y; > S. rotundifolia var. quadrangularis (Muhlenberg ex
Willdenow) Wood]
Smilax smallii Morong, Jackson-brier. Cp (GA, NC, SC, VA), Pd, Mt (GA): bottomland forests; uncommon, rare in VA
(VA Rare). June-July; April-June of the next year. Se. VA to c. FL, west to s. AR and e. TX, primarily on the Coastal Plain. [=
RAB, FNA, G, GW, K, W, Y; = S. lanceolata Linnaeus – S, misapplied]
Smilax walteri Pursh, Coral Greenbrier, Red-berried Swamp Smilax. Cp, Pd (GA, NC, SC, VA): swamp forests, bogs,
often where submersed for at least part of the year; common (rare in Piedmont). Late April-May; September-November (and
persisting). NJ south to c. FL and west to TN, AR, and TX. [= RAB, C, F, FNA, G, GW, K, S, W, Y]
Smilax leptanthera Pennell. See Pennell (1916) for additional information. Treated as valid and rare by GAHP. [=
Nemexia leptanthera (Pennell) Small – S; < S. pseudochina] {investigate}
SPARGANIACEAE (Bur-reed Family)
(see TYPHACEAE)
STEMONACEAE Engler 1887 (Stemona Family)
A family of 3-4 genera and 30-35 species, herbs and shrubs, of Asia, Australia, and se. North America. References: Whetstone
in FNA (2002a); Rogers (1982)=Z; Kubitzki in Kubitzki (1998a).
Croomia Torrey 1840 (Croomia)
A genus of 3 species, 2 in China and Japan and 1 in se. North America. Sometimes segregated into the Croomiaceae.
References: Whetstone in FNA (2002a); Rogers (1982)=Z; Kubitzki in Kubitzki (1998a).
Croomia pauciflora (Nuttall) Torrey, Croomia. Cp (GA): moist forests, often with beech and basswood; rare (GA
Threatened). April-May. AL (or perhaps LA) to sw. GA, Panhandle FL, and allegedly se. GA (Whetstone in FNA 2002, Jones
& Coile 1988). [= FNA, K, S, Z]
THEMIDACEAE Salisbury 1866
A family of 12 genera and about 60 species, herbs, of w. North America south to Guatemala. References: Rahm in Kubitzki
(1998a).
Dichelostemma Kunth 1843
A genus of 5 species, of w. United States and Mexico. References: Pires in FNA (2002a); Rahm in Kubitzki (1998a).
* Dichelostemma congestum (Smith) Kunth, native of the Pacific northwestern North America, is cultivated and apparently
escaped in the Piedmont of nc. GA (Jones & Coile 1988). {further investigate} [= FNA, K; = Brodiaea congesta Smith]