Index / Search / Smilax pulverulenta
§1 Plant
Smilax pulverulenta Michx.
vernacular downy carrionflower — species · Smilacaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb, Vine
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Smilacaceae Vent.
- Genus
- Smilax
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 215 counties across 23 states/territories§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 215 counties across 23 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Clark 17023
- Coles 17029
- Douglas 17041
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Gallatin 17059
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Knox 17095
- Lawrence 17101
- Marion 17121
- McDonough 17109
- Monroe 17133
- Perry 17145
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Washington 17189
- Williamson 17199
Indiana view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Benton 29015
- Camden 29029
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carter 29035
- Christian 29043
- Cooper 29053
- Crawford 29055
- Dallas 29059
- Dent 29065
- Douglas 29067
- Gasconade 29073
- Greene 29077
- Howell 29091
- Iron 29093
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Laclede 29105
- Lawrence 29109
- Madison 29123
- Monroe 29137
- Morgan 29141
- Newton 29145
- Osage 29151
- Ozark 29153
- Phelps 29161
- Polk 29167
- Pulaski 29169
- Randolph 29175
- Reynolds 29179
- Scott 29201
- Shannon 29203
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
- Stoddard 29207
- Stone 29209
- Warren 29219
- Webster 29225
- Wright 29229
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Alamance 37001
- Ashe 37009
- Avery 37011
- Clay 37043
- Durham 37063
- Gaston 37071
- Haywood 37087
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Lee 37105
- Macon 37113
- Madison 37115
- Mecklenburg 37119
- Mitchell 37121
- Orange 37135
- Polk 37149
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Surry 37171
- Swain 37173
- Transylvania 37175
- Wake 37183
- Yancey 37199
Ohio view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 15 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 2 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/SMPU2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5295724 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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