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Clematis crispa L.

Swamp leather flower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

Stems viny, to 3 m, glabrous or sparsely to moderately pilose-pubescent, denser at nodes. Leaf blade 1-2-pinnate or rarely a few simple or 3-foliolate; leaflets 4-10 plus additional ± tendril-like terminal leaflet, usually lanceolate to ovate, occasionally linear, unlobed or proximally 3-5-lobed, (1.5-)3-10 × (0.1-)0.4-4(-5) cm, thin, not conspicuously reticulate; surfaces glabrous, not glaucous. Inflorescences terminal, 1-flowered; bracts absent. Flowers bell-shaped; sepals distally strongly spreading to recurved, violet-blue, lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm, margins proximally thick and tomentose, distally broadly expanded, 2-6 mm wide, thin, crispate, less conspicuously tomentose than proximal portion, or glabrate, tips acuminate, abaxially glabrous. Achenes: bodies appressed-puberulent; beak 2-3.5 cm, appressed-puberulent. 2 n = 16.
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Climber; lvs pinnate; lfls mostly 2–4 pairs, lanceolate to ovate, acuminate, entire or rarely 2–3-lobed, glabrous, the lower lfls on each lf much the larger; cal urceolate; sep 3–4.5 cm, connivent about half-length, the body narrowly lanceolate, dilated above the middle into broad, thin, undulate or crisped margins; mature style 2–3 cm, with numerous ascending hairs rarely over 1.5 mm; 2n=16. Swamps and wet woods on the coastal plain and piedmont; se. Va. to Fla. and Tex., n. in the interior to s. Ill. May–Aug.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality -
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 1.0 - 1.5
Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 3.25
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
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Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
Soil acidity 4-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 6-8

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible -
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings.
Mode cuttings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 21 - 23
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -23
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Flower

Clematis crispa flower picture by K O (cc-by-sa)
Clematis crispa flower picture by Cecily Mary (cc-by-sa)
Clematis crispa flower picture by Maria Everett (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60317-2
WFO ID wfo-0000609775
COL ID VXX6
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 974974
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Synonyms

Viticella crispa Viorna cylindrica Clematis distorta Clematis walteri Clematis cordata Clematis cylindrica Clematis insulensis Clematis lineariloba Clematis schillingii Clematis simsii Clematitis crispa Coriflora crispa Viorna crispa Viorna obliqua Viorna simsii Clematis crispa var. walteri Clematis cylindrica var. lineariloba Clematis cylindrica var. walteri Clematis simsii var. chrysocarpa Clematis simsii subsp. lobata Clematis simsii var. micrantha Clematis viticella subsp. crispa Clematis viticella var. lineariloba Clematis viticella subsp. walteri Viorna crispa var. walteri Clematis crispa
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