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Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Biltmore's Carrionflower (Smilax biltmoreana)

Observer

mjpapay

Date

June 2022

Description

Uncertain of ID.

  • non-vining annually-produced herbaceous stem
  • underside of leaf, glaucous
  • beneath the whorl of leaves, about halfway to the ground, is a lateral (to the right in the 1st & 2nd photo) withered remains of either a leaf or inflorescence.
  • lower surface of leaf veins, ciliate (3rd photo)
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