Greenbrier Family The fairly inconspicuous green flowers of this plant will get your attention very quickly if you are down-wind of them! They live up to their name, smelling like a dead animal! Carrion Flower is a dioecious plant in the Greenbrier Family. This picture shows the male plant on the left with the stamens and the female flowers on the right with the pistils. I found these growing on a trail at Haw Ridge, one of the Greenways trails in Oak Ridge. Close-up pictures follow. Perennial Where seen:Great Smoky Mountains NP, Haw Ridge Greenways
Carrionflower male plant
Greenbriar Family May 18, 2005 The Carrion Flower Vine smells like a dead animal, just like the Carrion Flower. The difference between the two plants is that this one is a climbing vine, note the tendrils. Perennial - Vine Where seen: Haw Ridge greenway
