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Clematis ligusticifolia

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

Nuttall ex Torrey & A. Gray

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Li bo tie xian lian (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Alberta
• British Colombia
• Manitoba
• Saskatchewan - Canada
• N. Mexico
• Arizona
• California
• Colorado
• Idaho
• Kansas
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Mexico
• North Dakota
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• South Dakota
• Utah
• Washington
• Wyoming - U.S.A.

Natural Habitats

• Shrubs
• creekside
• montane areas
• copses
• canyons.

Flowering Times

• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep

Fruiting Times

• Jun
• Jul
• Aug
• Sep
• Oct

Woody climber to 6m. Pinnately 5-7 foliolate leaves or doubly pinnate with 9-15 leaflets, strigose double-toothed leaflets to 90mm x 72mm. Cymes of fragrant 25mm white to yellow flowers, white or straw-coloured sepals to 10mm long. Pubescent achenes with plumose styles to 50mm long.

Infusion used for headaches, other medicinal uses

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Fretwell 1989
• Huxley 1992
• Grey-Wilson 2000
• Mobot
• NYBG
• The Plant List 2
• USDA
• FRM
• HUBM
• USNH
• Gleason & Moldenke