WorldFloraDB - Clematis albicoma

Characteristics

Stems erect, not viny, 2-4(-6) dm, pubescent or pilose to ± tomentose or hirsute. Leaves simple. Leaf blade elliptic-lanceolate to ovate, unlobed, 3.5-8(-10) × 1.5-5(-6.5) cm, thin, not conspicuously reticulate; surfaces abaxially glabrous to sparsely (rarely more densely) villous on veins, not glaucous. Inflorescences terminal, flowers solitary; bracts absent. Flowers narrowly urn-shaped; sepals purplish, yellowish toward tips, oblong-lanceolate, (1.1-)1.4-3 cm, margins not expanded or less than 1 mm wide, thin, not crispate, tomentose, tips obtuse, spreading to recurved, abaxially silky-to woolly-pubescent. Achenes: bodies pilose; beak white to pale yellow, (1.5-)2-4(-4.5) cm, plumose. 2 n = 16.

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Stem erect, 2–5 dm, simple to more often much branched, the branches usually overtopping the central axis; lvs subsessile, dark green, lance-ovate or ovate, glabrous or slightly hairy along the veins beneath when young, the larger ones mostly 4–8 × 1.5–5 cm; mature peduncles 2–10 cm; cal urceolate; sep 1.5–3 cm, densely hairy outside; achenes densely hairy, the hairs of the distal portion and the base of the style reflexed or widely divergent; mature style mostly 2–4 cm, densely plumose; 2n=16. Apr.–June. Local on shale barrens in w. Va. and e. W.Va.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

Growth support

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Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

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Pollination

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Spread

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Mature width (meter)

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Mature height (meter)

0.2 - 0.6

Root system

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Rooting depth (meter)

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Root diameter (meter)

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Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

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Fruiting months

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Nitrogen fixer

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Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity	-
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)	-

Usage

Uses	-
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Mode	-
Germination duration (days)	30 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°)	21 - 23
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	-
Minimum temperature (C°)	-
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60272-2
WFO ID	wfo-0000609447
COL ID	5YYS9
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	-
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Clematis albicoma Coriflora albicoma Viorna albicoma Clematis albicoma var. albicoma

WorldFloraDB 2024

Clematis albicoma Wherry

Erect mountain clematis (en)

Species