Smilax hugeri

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Smilax hugeri.jpg

| genus = Smilax

| species = hugeri

| authority = (Small) J.B.Norton ex Pennell

| synonyms_ref = [http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=289168 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

| synonyms =

  • Nemexia hugeri Small
  • Nemexia elliptica Raf.
  • Smilax ecirrhata var. hugeri (Small) H.E.Ahles

}}

Smilax hugeri, common name Huger's carrionflower,{{PLANTS|id=SMHU|taxon=Smilax hugeri|accessdate=16 November 2015}} is a North American plant species native to the south-eastern United States. It is found in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, and North and South Carolina.[http://bonap.net/MapGallery/County/Smilax%20hugeri.png Biota of North America Program, 2014 county distribution map]

Description

Smilax hugeri is erect herb up to 5 m (15 feet) tall, without spines. Flowers are small and green; berries round and covered with wax.[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=242101933 Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 474 Smilax hugeri (Small) J. B. Norton ex Pennell, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club. 43: 420. 1916]

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