10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARRION FLOWER»
Discover the use of
carrion flower in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
carrion flower and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Wildflowers of Iowa Woodlands
Seeds are not digested, so the carrion flower often grows along fences where
seeds have been deposited by birds. Various species of Smilax have been used
in ornamental plantings. The “smilax” commonly used by florists is an ornamental
...
Sylvan T. Runkel, Alvin F. Bull, 2009
2
Edible Wild Plants: A North American Field Guide to Over 200 ...
Also use powder as thickener for stews or substitute for part of flour in pancake
batter. Related edible species: common greenbrier (preceding) and carrion
flower (next). Other tuberous- rooted Smilax species, such as China-root (S.
tamnoides) ...
Thomas S. Elias, Peter A. Dykeman, 2009
3
Wild Jams and Jellies: Delicious Recipes Using 75 Wild Edibles
2 cups berries 2 tsp. lemon juice '/2 cup sugar, honey, or corn syrup Wash and
stem 2 full cups of carrion flower berries. Toss into a blender and produce a fine-
looking puree. Add in 2 teaspoons of lemon juice and '/2 cup of sugar, honey, ...
Joe Freitus, Salli Haberman, 2005
4
Wildflowers of Mammoth Cave National Park
CARRION-FLOWER. Smilax ecirrata Lily Family Liliaceae (Smilacaceae) This
Carrion-Flower is from 18" to 30" tall, erect, and has no tendrils. The long-
petioled leaves are parallel veined, ovate, smooth, sharp pointed, and are in a
whorl at ...
5
Introductory Botany: Plants, People, and the Environment, ...
The carrion flower, for example, is pollinated by flies and smells like the rotting
flesh in which flies lay their eggs (•Figure 9-7). As flies move from one reeking
flower to another looking for a place to lay their eggs, they transfer pollen grains.
6
Wildflowers and Ferns of Indiana Forests: A Field Guide
Upright carrion flower is usually only a foot or so in height, having a circle of
leaves with few if any tendrils. It may look like it's “just sitting there,” waiting to
grow, but in fact what you are seeing is the mature plant. The flowers are in a
cluster and ...
Michael Allison Homoya, 2011
7
A Fifth Checklist of Tennessee Vascular Plants
Pursh, Hairy Solomon's Seal Smilacina L., Solomon's Seal. See Maianthemum.
Watch List: Liriope muscari (Dcne.) Bailey, Common Monkey-Grass
SMILACACEAE, brier Family (FNAEC 2002b) Smilax L., Carrion Flower, Catbrier,
Greenbrier, ...
8
Seventh Catalog of the Vascular Plants of Ohio
SMILACACEAE. Catbrier Family Smilax ecirrata (Engelm. ex Kunth) S. Watson
Upright Carrion-flower. Smilax glauca Walter Sawbrier. (Incl. var. leurophylla S. F.
Blake) Smilax herbacea L. var. herbacea Carrion- flower. var. lasioneura (Hook.)
...
Tom S. Cooperrider, Allison Cusick, John T. Kartesz, 2001
9
The
flower and the bee: plant life and pollination
plant life and pollination John Harvey Lovell. In damp thickets on the hanks of
rivers, twining amid the hushes there grows a pretty vine with smilax-like leaves
and umbels of green flowers pollinated by flies. (Fig. 76.) This is the carrion-
flower ...
10
Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region: A ...
UPRIGHT CARRION-FLOWER Smilax ecirrhata ecirrhata: without tendrils Status:
Native (5) Plant: Mostly erect, herbaceous annual, 1'-3' tall, none to a few tendrils;
no prickles, unbranched Flower: Green to yellowish, 6-parted; arranged in 1-3 ...
Merel R. Black, Emmet J. Judziewicz, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARRION FLOWER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
carrion flower is used in the context of the following news items.
World's smelliest flower blossoms in Edinburgh
It has one of the largest flowers in the world and is known as a carrion flower, or corpse flower thanks to its odour of rotting meat. The plant ... «Herald Scotland, Jun 15»
Botanics beaten in race to see flower bloom first
One of the largest flowers in the world, it is known as a carrion flower, or corpse flower, thanks to its odour. Senior horticulturist Sadie Barber ... «Edinburgh Evening News, Jun 15»
Floral giant raises blooming stink
It has one of the largest flowers in the world and is known as a carrion flower, or corpse flower thanks to its odour of rotting meat. The plant ... «Belfast Telegraph, Jun 15»
Clash of the Titan Arums: The battle of Britain's whiffiest plants …
Due to its stink – said to be like rotting meat – it's known as a carrion flower, and also corpse plant. It emits the strong smell at night to attract ... «The National, Jun 15»
Rare, beautiful - but a bit pongy! The rare flower soon to be …
Due to its odour – said to be like rotting meat – it's known as a carrion flower, and has been dubbed corpse flower or corpse plant. It emits the ... «Torquay Herald Express, Jun 15»
Xiamen Botanical Garden introduces world's most stinky flower
Due to its odor, which is reminiscent of the smell of a decomposing mammal, the titan arum is characterized as a carrion flower and is also ... «What's on Xiamen, May 15»
Voodoo Lily Another Stinky Landscape Flower
Stinky flowers seem to be popular this week with the opening of the carrion flower in the Rollins College Greenhouse. It only lasted about a day ... «Orlando Sentinel, Apr 15»
“That's what Cuba does to you. It leaves you wanting more”
... the tepuis of Little Havana, like, you know, hardcore recidivist and resident pretty carrion flower Marco Rubio – have given up on the embargo ... «NBCSports.com, Jan 15»
A hidden courtyard garden is a sanctuary of calm in the bustle of the …
Stealing the limelight along a back bed is the travelling Stapelia gigantea, one of a large variety of carrion flower species that grows in southern ... «The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com, Oct 14»
Carrion flowers exude scent for flies
Thankfully this is carrion flower territory and they are in their glory in midsummer heat when fresh kills putrefy quickly in the dark continent. «The Desert Sun, Jul 14»
