Smilax officinalis
Names: Smilax ornata.
English: Catbriers; Greenbriers; Prickly-ivys; Smilaxes; Sarsaparilla; Zarzaparrilla; Sarsparilla.
Culture: Greek myth of Krokus and the nymph Smilax, the unfulfilled and tragic love of a mortal man who is turned into a flower and a woodland nymph who is transformed into a brambly vine.