familySmilacaceae
genusSmilax
speciesSmilax walteri

Smilax walteri

Pursh

Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 249. 1814.

Walter C. Holmes
Common names: Red-berried greenbrier red-berried bamboo
Endemic
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 477. Mentioned on page 470, 478.

Vines; rhizomes slender, running. Stems perennial, climbing to clambering, branching, slender, 2–6 m, woody, glabrous; prickles scattered, subulate. Leaves deciduous to semievergreen; petiole 0.5–1 cm; blade abaxially green, drying to lightly orange-tinted brown, ovate-oblong, to ovatelanceolate, with 3 prominent veins, thin, 6–10 × 3–7 cm, glabrous or minutely pubescent abaxially, not glaucous, base rounded, subcordate, or, sometimes, cuneate at petiole insertion, margins entire, apex acute, mucronate. Umbels few-to-many, axillary to leaves, few-flowered, loose, hemispherical; peduncle 0.5–2 cm, generally shorter than petiole of subtending leaf. Flowers: perianth brownish yellow; tepals 3–6 mm; ovule 1 per locule; pedicel 0.5–1 cm. Berries bright red to orange, globose, 7–9 mm, shining.


Phenology: Flowering Apr–Jun.
Habitat: Wet thickets, low pinelands, swamps, boggy areas
Elevation: 0–350 m

Distribution

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Ala., Ark., Del., Fla., Ga., La., Md., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tex., Va.

Discussion

The brightly colored fruits make Smilax walteri conspicuous in the winter.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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Anther architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Anther dehiscence
introrse +
Anther fixation
basifixed +
Apex shape
mucronate +  and acute +
Author
Walter C. Holmes +
Authority
Pursh +
Base architecture or shape
entire +
Base coloration
orange-tinted brown +
Base length
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Base prominence
prominent +
Base pubescence
not glaucous +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
Base quantity
3 +
Base shape
subcordate +, rounded +, ovate-oblong +  and ovatelanceolate +
Base width
3cm +  and 7cm +
Berry coloration
bright red +  and orange +
Berry reflectance
shining +
Berry shape
globose +
Berry some measurement
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (0.9 cm9 mm <br />0.009 m <br />) +
Blade arrangement or course or shape
linear +
Blade coloration
green +
Blade condition
drying +
Blade shape
ovate +  and oblong +
Blade size
reduced +
Common name
Red-berried greenbrier +  and red-berried bamboo +
Distribution
Ala. +, Ark. +, Del. +, Fla. +, Ga. +, La. +, Md. +, Miss. +, N.C. +, S.C. +, Tex. +  and Va. +
Elevation
0–350 m +
Flower architecture
pistillate +  and staminate +
Flower reproduction
unisexual +
Fruit architecture
baccate +
Habitat
Wet thickets, low pinelands, swamps, boggy areas +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Barbara Alongi +
Inflorescence architecture
pedunculate +  and umbellate +
Inflorescence architecture or fragility
loose +
Inflorescence density
dense +
Inflorescence position
axillary +
Leaf architecture
3-veined +
Leaf architecture or coloration or relief
reticulate +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +
Leaf duration
deciduous +  and semievergreen +
Leaf texture
leathery +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin shape
cuneate +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
2-locular +
Ovary quantity
1;2 +
Ovule quantity
1 +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Peduncle height or length or size
generally shorter +
Peduncle some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br />) +
Perianth coloration
brownish yellow +
Petiole architecture or shape
entire +
Petiole shape
cuneate +
Petiole some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Phenology
Flowering Apr–Jun. +
Pistil architecture
3-carpellate +
Prickle arrangement
scattered +
Prickle shape
subulate +
Publication title
Fl. Amer. Sept. +
Publication year
1814 +
Reference
None +
Rhizome architecture
stoloniferous +  and tuberous +
Rhizome size
slender +
Rhizome texture
woody +
Root shape
filiform +
Seed quantity
1;3 +
Source xml
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Special status
W1 +  and Endemic +
Species growth form or texture
herbaceous +
Stamen arrangement
2-3-whorled +
Stamen quantity
6 +
Staminode quantity
6 +
Stem architecture
branching +
Stem duration
perennial +
Stem growth form
climbing +
Stem growth form or orientation
, +  and sprawling +
Stem orientation
clambering +
Stem pubescence
glabrous +
Stem size
slender +
Stem some measurement
200 cm2,000 mm <br />2 m <br /> (600 cm6,000 mm <br />6 m <br />) +
Stem texture
woody +
Stigma architecture
ligulate +
Stigma orientation
recurved +
Stigma quantity
3 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style height or length or size
short +
Style presence
absent +
Synonyms
Coprosmanthus +  and Nemexia +
Taxon family
Smilacaceae +
Taxon name
Smilax walteri +
Taxon parent
Smilax +
Taxon rank
species +
Tendril arrangement
paired +
Tendril presence
absent +
Tepal coloration
bronze +, yellow +  and greenish +
Tepal fusion
distinct +
Tepal quantity
6 +
Tepal shape
ovate;elliptic +
Tepal some measurement
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Umbel architecture
few-flowered +
Umbel architecture or fragility
loose +
Umbel position
axillary +
Umbel quantity
Few (Many) +
Umbel shape
hemispherical +
Vein architecture or shape
entire +
Vein coloration
orange-tinted brown +
Vein length
6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br /> (10 cm100 mm <br />0.1 m <br />) +
Vein prominence
prominent +
Vein pubescence
not glaucous +, pubescent +  and glabrous +
Vein quantity
3 (?) +
Vein shape
subcordate;rounded;ovate-oblong;ovatelanceolate +
Vein width
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (7 cm70 mm <br />0.07 m <br />) +
Volume
Volume 26 +
Whole organism architecture
rhizomatous +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
vine +
X chromosome quantity
13;16 +