Smilax aspera

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Plant Characteristics
Habit   vine-climber

Height: 10 ft"ft" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 10.
Width: 24 in"in" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 24.
Bloom: early summer, mid summer, late summer
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Exposure: sun
Features: evergreen, flowers
USDA Zones: 9 to 10
Scientific Names

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Rough Bindweed (Smilax aspera) is a species of flowering vine in the greenbriar family, Smilacaceae. It is native to Africa, Europe, Southwest Asia, and South Asia.[1]


Read about Smilax aspera in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Smilax aspera, Linn. A half-hardy shrub often somewhat scandent, unarmed or with spines : lvs. ovate-deltoid or lanceolate, 1 1/2- 6 in. long, usually blotched with white, 5-9-nerved: fls. white, sweet-scented, in many-fld. umbels: berries 1/4 in. thick, usually 3-seeded, shining red. S. Eu. to India. Var. mauritanica, Gren. & Godr. A more robust form with larger lvs. and fewer spines. Canaries, S. Eu., N. Afr. CH


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