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Clematis microphylla Dc.

Headachevine (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

Dioecious, woody climber, to 5 m high. Leaves mostly biternate with 9 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate-oblong to broad-ovate, 0.8–6 cm long, 0.3–1.2 cm wide, entire or appearing toothed or lobed by incomplete division, usually obtuse, glabrous. Flowers in axillary and terminal dichasial panicles. Tepals linear-lanceolate, 1.3–2.5 cm long, creamy white, pubescent below, almost glabrous above. Stamens 2–5.5 mm long; filaments glabrous, white; anthers ellipsoidal-obloid, 0.4–1 mm long, without appendage; staminodes present. Achenes compressed-ovoid to compressed broadly ellipsoid, 4–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, light brown, glabrous or with short sparse hairs, margin corky; awn 3–5 cm long.
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A twining creeper. It climbs through and over other shrubs. It grows 5 m tall. It has masses of tuberous roots. The leaves are made up of 3 leaflets on the end of tendril-like leaf stalks. Leaflets are 3-8 mm wide. It produces masses of white flowers. Flowers are about 5 cm across. It has fluffy white seeds. Plants are either male or female. Each flower has 4 prominent, pure white, petal-like sepals. Male flowers have 20 or more cream stamens. The fruit have long woolly tails.
Life form perennial
Growth form -
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

It is a temperate plant. It grows on islands, coastal sands and limestone. It is often in drier situations. It does best in light to medium soils and in a protected shady position. It is resistant to drought and frost. Melbourne Botanical gardens. Tasmania Herbarium.
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Sandy loams on river banks and in moist gullies by the coast and on tablelands. Dry scrub, heathy places and coastal dune scrub.
Found in a wide variety of habitats including open forests, heathy woodlands and mallee scrublands.
Sandy loams on river banks and in moist gullies by the coast and on tablelands.
Light 4-9
Soil humidity 4-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

Usage

The tuberous roots are roasted over the coals then pounded to make paste. CAUTION: Most Clematis contain an irritant poison.
Uses animal food fiber medicinal poison
Edible barks roots
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from fresh seed or stem cuttings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 43 - 163
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 13
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -7
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Clematis microphylla unspecified picture

Distribution

Clematis microphylla world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:709892-1
WFO ID wfo-0000610278
COL ID 5YZ4L
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Clematis occidentalis Clematis microphylla Clematis stenophylla Clematis hexapetala subsp. microphylla Clematis microphylla f. stenosepala
WorldFloraDB 2024