Smilax aculeatissima
Common Smilax
Smilax aspera
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- Botanical name
- Smilax aspera
- Also known as
- Common Smilax, Rough Bindweed, Rough-Bindweed
- Family
- Smilacaceae
- Genus
- Smilax
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Common Smilax
We have not written a growing guide for this species yet.
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Smilax aspera but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Smilax aspera f. balearica
Smilax aspera f. intermedia
Smilax aspera f. punctata
Smilax aspera subsp. balearica
Smilax aspera subsp. balearica
Smilax aspera subsp. balearica
Smilax aspera subsp. mauritanica
Smilax aspera subsp. nigra
Smilax aspera var. altissima
Smilax aspera var. angustifolia
Smilax aspera var. balearica
Smilax aspera var. maculata
Smilax aspera var. mauritanica
Smilax aspera var. mauritanica
Smilax aspera var. nigra
Smilax aspera var. ochrocarpa
Smilax aspera var. perrottetiana
Smilax aspera var. picta
Smilax aspera var. punctata
Smilax balearica
Smilax brevipes
Smilax capitata
Smilax catalonica
Smilax conferta
Smilax excelsa
Smilax goetzeana
Smilax inermis
Smilax intricatissima
Smilax longipes
Smilax maculata
Smilax maculata
Smilax mauritanica
Smilax mauritanica
Smilax mauritanica
Smilax mauritanica subsp. vespertilionis
Smilax mauritanica var. vespertilionis
Smilax nigra
Smilax nilagirensis
Smilax oxycarpa
Smilax peduncularis
Smilax pendulina
Smilax picta
Smilax platyphylla
Smilax rettiana
Smilax rigida
Smilax sagittata
Smilax sagittifolia
Smilax saxicola
Smilax tetragona
Smilax variabilis
Smilax willkommii
Others in Smilax
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