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Clematis occidentalis
Clematis occidentalis
- Botanic Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Author
- (Hornemann) de Candolle
Common Names
Geographical Habitats
- New Brunswick
- Nova Scotia
- Ontario
- Quebec - Canada
- Connecticut
- Illinois
- Iowa
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New York
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin - USA
Natural Habitats
- Montane shrubland
- montane forest
- streamside
- woodland
Flowering Times
Fruiting Times
Trailing or partly-climbing vine with trifoliolate ternate leaves, thin toothed & often lobed or entire leaflets to 40mm long. Solitary 75mm blue to violet or rosy mauve flowers with white centre to 100mm across, 4 thin sepals silky on margins to 14mm x 13mm, tepals to 60mm long. Hirsute achenes with persistent plumose styles to 30mm long.
Further References
- Rehder 1934
- Bean 1950
- Bailey 1976
- Krussmann 1976
- Huxley 1992
- Grey-Wilson 2000
- GWC 1997
- The Plant List 2
- NYBG
- Botanicus
- USDA
- FOSEUS
- FNA
- FRM
- Gleason & Moldenke