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Clematis tangutica

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

(Maximowicz) Korshinsky

Propagation

S.

Common Names

• Tian cun tie xian lian (Pinyin)

Geographical Habitats

• Afghanistan
• Gansu
• Ginghai
• Qinghai
• S. Shaanxi
• W. Sichuan
• Xinjiang
• Xizang - China
• E. Kazakhstan
• Kirgizstan
• NW. India
• Mongolia
• Tadzhikistan

Natural Habitats

• Scrubland
• grassland
• forests
• riverside
• streamside

Flowering Times

• Jul (China)

Fruiting Times

• Sep-Oct

Deciduous woody vine or dwarf shrublet (non-climbing when grown in dry regions). Leaves with 5 or more serrate or often trilobed leaflets. Solitary, terminal or axillary cymes to 3 flowers to 75mm diameter, fragrant yellow flowers sometimes tinged purple, tepals to 50mm long, achenes to 4.5mm

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Menninger 1970
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• van der Spuy 1976
• Fretwell 1989
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Grey-Wilson 2000
• FOC
• FONZ
• RHS A-Z
• Bodkin
• The Plant List 2
• JAA
• Gleason & Moldenke