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Smilax herbacea
Carrion-flower · Jacob's-ladder · Smooth Carrion-Flower · Herbaceous Greenbriar · Smilax Herbacé
Tier 2 Difficulty: medium Water: low Light: full_sun
Temperature
5–35 °C
Soil pH
5–6
Hardiness
Zone 4–9
Click count
383
Observations
170
Description
Source: leafsnapSmilax herbacea, the smooth carrionflower or smooth herbaceous greenbrier, is a plant in the catbriar family. It is native to eastern Canada (Quebec, Ontario, New Brunswick) and the eastern United States (as far south as Georgia and Alabama). Its preferred natural habitat is rich forests, and riparian thicket and meadows.
🎭 Loveliness
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 5–35°C
Ideal temperature: 5–35°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-6
Soil pH: 5-6
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Herb
- Life Cycle
- Perennial, Annual
- Genus
- Smilax
- Family
- Smilacaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 4-9
- Mature Height
- 2.44 m
- Mature Spread
- 61 cm
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Semi-evergreen, Deciduous
- Flower Color
- Yellow, Green, White, Gold
- Flower Size
- 2.54 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn
- Harvest Time
- Late summer, Early fall, Mid fall
Tags (5)
Common Names (8)
en Carrion-flower
en Jacob's-ladder
en Smooth Carrion-Flower
en Herbaceous Greenbriar
en Smilax Herbacé
en Smooth carrionflower
en Jacob's Lader
en Herbaceous Carrionflower