Smilax laurifoliaL.

laurel greenbrier

WFO wfo-0000742669 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Samuel A Schmid, PhD, PWS
fig. a Samuel A Schmid, PhD, PWS, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-06-12 / obs. 205626111
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. b Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204545936
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. c Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 204545167
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Tom Field
fig. d Tom Field, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201548819
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Joseph Aubert
fig. e Joseph Aubert, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 201326613
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Theo Summer
fig. f Theo Summer, CC0 1.0 / obs. 192519790
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by Ryan Watson
fig. g Ryan Watson, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 185412250
Smilax laurifolia, photographed by ragbird
fig. h ragbird, CC0 1.0 / obs. 183486594

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Native range 16 botanical countries

Regions where Smilax laurifolia is native: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Bahamas, Cuba AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMarylandMississippiNorth CarolinaOklahomaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginiaCuba DelawareBahamas
Native distribution of Smilax laurifolia, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows. Regions too small to draw at this scale are marked with a dot.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Alabama ALA NORTHERN AMERICA
Arkansas ARK
Delaware DEL
Florida FLA
Georgia GEO
Louisiana LOU
Maryland MRY
Mississippi MSI
North Carolina NCA
Oklahoma OKL
South Carolina SCA
Tennessee TEN
Texas TEX
Virginia VRG
Bahamas BAH SOUTHERN AMERICA
Cuba CUB

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 6 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Parillax laurifolia (L.) Raf.
  • Smilax alba Pursh
  • Smilax hastata var. lanceolata (L.) Pursh
  • Smilax lanceolata L.
  • Smilax laurifolia var. bupleurifolia A.DC.
  • Smilax virginiana Mill.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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