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Clematis viorna

Botanic Family

Ranunculaceae

Author

Linnaeus

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Alabama
• Arkansas
• Delaware
• District of Colombia
• Georgia
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• North Carolina
• Ohio
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Virginia
• West Virginia - USA

Natural Habitats

• Montane areas
• hedgerows
• woodland
• riverside
• thickets

Flowering Times

• May-Sep (USA)

Fruiting Times

• Jul-Sep (USA)

Slender climber to 3m+ with angled pubescent or glabrous stems. Pinnate leaves to 150mm long, 3-lobed pubescent leaflets to 100mm long densely silky beneath & glabrate above. Inflorescence of solitary flowers with bracts to 10mm long, 30mm violet or dull purple flowers, greenish yellow or whitish inside, green to purple calyx to 15mm long, felted sepals. Pubescent achenes to 7mm long with persistent plumose styles to 30mm long, fruit brownish

Further References

• Rehder 1934
• Bean 1950
• Bailey 1976
• Krussmann 1976
• Huxley 1992
• Nicholls 1995
• Grey-Wilson 2000
• GWC 1997
• NYBG
• Mobot
• The Plant List 2
• Botanicus
• USDA
• FOSEUS