Smilax aculeatissima
Catbrier
Smilax bona-nox
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- Botanical name
- Smilax bona-nox
- Also known as
- Bullbrier, Catbrier, Greenbrier
- Family
- Smilacaceae
- Genus
- Smilax
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Catbrier
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 bona-nox but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Smilax alpini
Smilax asperovariabilis
Smilax bermudensis
Smilax bona-nox subsp. hederifolia
Smilax bona-nox subsp. pandurata
Smilax bona-nox subsp. polyodonta
Smilax bona-nox subsp. wrightii
Smilax bona-nox var. bona-nox
Smilax bona-nox var. exauriculata
Smilax bona-nox var. hastata
Smilax bona-nox var. hederifolia
Smilax bona-nox var. horrida
Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis
Smilax bona-nox var. littoralis
Smilax bona-nox var. plukenetii
Smilax bona-nox var. rubens
Smilax bona-nox var. senticosa
Smilax cantab
Smilax hastata
Smilax hederifolia
Smilax horrida
Smilax lomoplis
Smilax medica
Smilax pandurata
Smilax platycentron
Smilax platycentron f. emarginata
Smilax platycentron f. hastata
Smilax platycentron var. emarginata
Smilax platycentron var. hastata
Smilax pseudosarsa
Smilax pubens
Smilax renifolia
Smilax rubens
Smilax senticosa
Smilax variegata
Others in Smilax
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