Plants › greenbrier family
Coastal Carrion-flower
Smilax pseudochina
24 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 herbaceaStudy checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 215 |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 63 |
| Maryland | 59 |
| New York | 34 |
| District of Columbia | 18 |
| North Carolina | 11 |
| West Virginia | 10 |
| South Carolina | 10 |
| New Jersey | 6 |
| Delaware | 2 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Group and habits
- Medicinal useListed as having medicinal use by a harvested source. This is not medical advice.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
- Vine growth formListed by a harvested source as having a vine or climbing growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
- Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.
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.
- Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
- Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Coastal Carrion-flower with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.