Plants › greenbrier family
midwestern carrionflower
Smilax lasioneuron
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
smooth carrionflowerSmilax herbacea
bristly greenbrierSmilax tamnoides
Upright CarrionflowerSmilax ecirrhata
Illinois CarrionflowerSmilax illinoensis
wild yamDioscorea villosa
Downy carrion-flowerSmilax pulverulenta
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| Illinois | 1,173 |
|---|---|
| Wisconsin | 1,092 |
| Manitoba | 649 |
| Saskatchewan | 136 |
| Ontario | 99 |
| Colorado | 91 |
| Minnesota | 50 |
| North Dakota | 44 |
| Michigan | 31 |
| Kansas | 28 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Classification
| Kingdom | Plants · Plantae |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta |
| Class | monocots · Liliopsida |
| Order | lilies, supplejacks, and allies · Liliales |
| Family | greenbrier family · Smilacaceae |
| Genus | greenbriers · Smilax |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise midwestern carrionflower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.