Connecticut Plants
Smooth Carrion Flower
Smilax herbacea
The flowers smell like carrion, which attracts flies, the major pollinator. Plants are either male or female; female plants produce blue-black berries.
- Family: greenbrier (Smilacaceae)
- Habitat: moist woods, thickets
- Height: vine, 3-10 feet long
- Flower size: 1/2 inch across
- Flower color: green
- Flowering time: May to June
- Origin: native
Staminate (male) flowers.
A vine with staminate (male) flowers, photographed in Warren County, New York in early June.
Pistillate (female) flowers, photographed in Warren County, New York in early June.
Pistillate (female) flowers.
