Smilax_biltmoreana

<i>Smilax biltmoreana</i>

Smilax biltmoreana

Species of flowering plant

Smilax biltmoreana, common name Biltmore's carrionflower,[2] is a North American plant species native to the south-eastern United States. It is concentrated in the Great Smoky Mountains but with outlying populations in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Alabama, and northern Florida.[1][3]

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Taxonomy

The species epithet biltmoreana refers to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina, once owned by George Washington Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt sponsored a significant number of botanical studies in the American Southeast in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.[4]

Description

Smilax biltmoreana is a herb with erect stems up to 60 cm (2 feet) tall. Leaves are egg-shaped to heart-shaped, with wax on the underside but no hairs. Flowers are small and greenish, fruits dark blue.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. [2]
    USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Smilax biltmoreana". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 16 November 2015.
  3. [3]
    Biota of North America Program 2014 county distribution map
  4. [4]
    James R. Troyer. 2006. Botany at Biltmore: an unusual case of private support for science. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Sciences 122:135-141
  5. [5]
    Flora of North America, Vol. 26 Page 471 Smilax biltmoreana (Small) J. B. Norton ex Pennell
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