barbed-wire vine

Smilax australis

Summary 2

Smilax australis (lawyer vine, austral sarsaparilla, barbwire vine, or "wait-a-while") is a vine in the family Smilacaceae, endemic to Australia. It has prickly climbing stems that are up to 8 metres long with coiled tendrils that are up to 20 cm long. The glossy leaves have 5 prominent longitudinal veins and are 5 to 15 cm long and 3 to 10 cm wide.

Sources and Credits

  1. (c) Ian Sutton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/22616984@N07/8073263245/
  2. (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smilax_australis

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