Clematis bigelovii Torr.

Bigelow's leather flower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

Stems erect or sprawling, 0.1-0.6 m, short pubescent-pilose, sometimes sparsely so. Leaf blade 1-2(-3)-pinnate; primary leaflets 7-11, mostly deeply 2-several-lobed, leaflets and larger lobes mostly ovate, 0.8-3.5 × 0.5-1.5 cm (lateral lobes nearly as wide as central portion), thin, not prominently reticulate; surfaces glabrous, somewhat glaucous. Inflorescences terminal, 1-flowered. Flowers broadly urn-to bell-shaped; sepals purple, lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm, margins narrowly expanded distally to ca. 1 mm wide, thin, crispate, tomentose, tips acuminate, spreading, abaxially sparsely pubescent. Achenes: bodies appressed-long-pubescent; beak 2-3 cm, glabrous or inconspicuously appressed-pubescent, sparsely so toward tip.
Life form perennial
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Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 0.1 - 0.6
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
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Distribution

Clematis bigelovii world distribution map, present in United States of America

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:709528-1
WFO ID wfo-0000609577
COL ID 5YYRJ
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Synonyms

Coriflora palmeri Clematis bigelovii Clematis palmeri Coriflora bigelovii Viorna bigelovii Viorna palmeri Clematis douglasii var. bigelovii Clematis pitcheri var. bigelovii