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carrion flower

plant, Smilax species

Also known as: Smilax herbacea

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In carrion flower
Smilax herbacea, a native American woodland vine, has malodorous flowers and is also called carrion flower. It is of the family Smilacaceae.
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In Smilax
Carrion flower (S. herbacea) and common catbrier (S. rotundifolia) of eastern North America are sometimes cultivated to form impenetrable thickets.
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pollination

In angiosperm: Pollination
…pollinated by flies are called carrion flowers because they look and smell like rotting meat. The skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus) and the carrion flowers (Stapelia schinzii) have evolved these characteristics independently.
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