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Clematis montana

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

Buchanan-Hamilton ex de Candolle

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
• S. Anhui
• NW. Fujian
• S. Gansu
• N. Guangxi
• Guizhou
• SW. Henan
• Hubei
• Hunan
• Jiangxi
• Nei Mongol
• S. Ningxia
• Qinghai
• S. Shaanxi
• Sichuan
• Taiwan
• S. Xizang
• Yunnan
• Zhejiang - China
• Assam - India
• N. Myanmar
• Nepal
• N. Pakistan

Natural Habitats

• Forests
• forest margins
• streamsides
• thickets
• grassland
• woodland
• scrubland

Flowering Times

• Apr-Jul (China)
• Apr-Jun (Nepal)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (China)

Deciduous woody climbing vine with glabrous branches. Trifoliate leaves, serrate leaflets. Axillary clusters of up to 6-flowers, downy 50mm white or pinkish flowers with creamy centres, can be fragrant, 4 sepals. Flat achenes to 40mm long, glabrous or sparsely hairy.

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Herklots 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Fretwell 1989
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Grey-Wilson 2000
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Chujian 2001
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• Academia WWF Nepal