Palmately compound leaves of narrow lanceolate leaflets.
State - Tennessee
County - Rutherford
Identification - Smilax bona-nox
Location - Flat Rock Cedar Glades along right side of main trail
Description - Woody vine covered in prickles, dark green evergreen leaves with white blotches, distinctively lobed leaves a heart shape with narrow tip
Associated Species - Carya ovata, Rhus copallina, Toxicodendron radicans, Quercus marilandica
Date - 19 Oct 2014
Collector Name - Lauren S Hanberry
Collection number - 45
Shrub with purple drupes containing three stones. Leaves simple with pronounced veins, elliptic. Leaves have subtle serrations and pinnate venation. Fruit borne on an umbel with a short peduncle.