Smilax Smallii
Botanical Name:
Smilax smallii
Other names:
Lanceleaf greenbrier... More
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How to Grow
Water
Medium
Water moderately, allowing the top 3cm to dry out between watering.
Sunlight
Partial Shade - Full Sun
~
3-6 hours of sun per day, with protection from intense mid-day sun
Soil
Moist, alluvial, acidic soils.
Characteristics
Bloom Time
Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug
Plant Type
Native Plant, Perennial, Vine
Lifespan
Perennial, Woody
Plant Height
6-12 ft.
Flower
Smilax smalli has tiny green flowers in clusters formed in the leaf axils all the way to the ends of branches. Inn North Carolina, the flowers are available from June to July., Flower tiny
Fruit
Brick red berries eventually turn dark red-black at maturity. In North Carolina, the berries are available from April to June of the following year., Dark red to black 6 mm
Benefits
Ornamental
A glossy, evergreen vine that can be trained to trellises. Unlike many Smilaxes, it is thornless.
Attracts
Birds
Description
Vines; rhizomes irregularly tuberous,
branched, thick, to 1.5+ m. Stems
perennial, climbing, greenish or
reddish brown, terete, 10+ m... More
branched, thick, to 1.5+ m. Stems
perennial, climbing, greenish or
reddish brown, terete, 10+ m... More
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Taxonomy
Order
Liliales
Family
Smilacaceae
Genus
Smilax
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