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Clematis chinensis

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

Osbeck

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• S. Anhui
• Fujian
• Guangxi
• Guangdong
• Guizhou
• Hainan
• S. Henan
• Hunan
• Hubei
• S. Jiangsu
• Jiangxi
• S. Shaanxi
• Shandong
• Sichuan
• Hunan
• Hubei
• Taiwan
• S. Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Ryukyu Islands - Japan
• N. Vietnam

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland along streams
• montane thickets
• grassland
• forest edges
• riversides
• woodland
• shrubland

Flowering Times

• (Jun-Sep (China)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Nov (China)

Woody climbing shrub or vine with woody based striate stems, twining petioles, foliage imparipinnate, 3-5 leaflets 50mm x 30mm, glabrous both sides rarely with hairs on top. Axillary many-flowered panicles with bracts 15mm long, fragrant 22mm diameter white flowers, 4 glabrescent sepals to 13mm, tomentose on edges, 4 petals 10mm long. Villous achenes to 7mm

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Grey-Wilson 2000
• FOC
• GWC 1997
• Chujian 2001
• The Plant List 2
• Fedde
• Botanicus