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§1 Plant

Smilax hugeri (Small) J.B.S. Norton ex Pennell

vernacular Huger's carrionflower — species · Smilacaceae


USDA
SMHU
GBIF
5295255
Rank
species
Huger's carrionflower (Smilax hugeri)
Platephotograph · Armin Weise source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb, Vine
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Smilacaceae Vent.
Genus
Smilax
§2a

Native status, by region

  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b

County-level range

· 78 counties across 6 states/territories
Legend Native · 78 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.


§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 78 counties across 6 states/territories.

Illinois view state ↗ 1 N
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N
Kentucky view state ↗ 24 N
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N
South Carolina view state ↗ 17 N
Tennessee view state ↗ 30 N

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/SMHU ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/5295255 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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