Flora of the World logo
MapPublicationsInstitutionsImpactAboutContactAcknowledgements

Copyright © 2008-2026 Flora of The World. All Rights Reserved.

Visit floraoftheworld.orgLogin
Home

›

Liliales

›

Smilacaceae

›

Smilax

›

pulverulenta

Taxon

Smilax pulverulenta Michx.

Protologue Fl. Bor.-Amer. (Michaux) 2: 238. 1803 [19 Mar 1803]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (202).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (202).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (203).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (203).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (201).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (201).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (196).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (196).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (195).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (195).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (199).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (199).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (198).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (198).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (197).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (197).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (200).JPG

Smilax pulverulenta, Davidson, C 12996--North Carolina. Macon Co. Standing Indian. 14 May 2015. DSC05212 (200).JPG

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

Davidson, C 12996

May 14, 2015

Location

United States, North Carolina, Macon (Franklin)

35.093611, -83.520556

Location Remarks

Nantahala National Forest road off old U.S. route 64 (highway 1448), SW of city of Franklin; near Standing Indian on trail to Wasilik Poplar. 1115 m elev.

Collectors

Christopher Davidson, David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Tomomi Masaki

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Liliales

Family

Smilacaceae

Genus

Smilax

Specific Epithet

pulverulenta

Authorship

Michx.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.3

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.3

Global rank

#136,561 of 335,497

Top 41%

Extinction probability

13%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →