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Clematis recta L.

Ground virginsbower (en), Clématite dressée (fr), Clématite droite (fr)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

Stems herbaceous, ascending to erect, not climbing, 0.6-1.5 m. Leaf blade pinnately 5-9-foliolate; leaflets lanceolate to ovate, 3-9 × 0.8-4 cm, margins entire; surfaces glabrous. Inflorescences axillary and terminal, many-flowered cymes and panicles. Flowers bisexual; pedicel 8-20 mm, slender; sepals wide-spreading, not recurved, white, oblanceolate to oblong, 8-20 mm, length ca. 4 times width, margins tomentose, otherwise glabrous; stamens 20-50; filaments glabrous; staminodes absent; pistils 8-25. Achenes broad, flat, conspicuously rimmed, glabrous; beak 1.2-2 cm.
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An erect plant. It keeps growing from year to year. It grows 0.9-1.5 m tall and spreads 0.9-1.2 m wide. The stems have lines along them. The leaves are large. The leaves have leaflets along the stalk. There are 5-7 leaflets. These are blue-green and pointed. The flowers are small and white. They are in large panicles. The fruit are dark brown and round. The seeds are compressed with long yellowish tails.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention deciduous
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
Spread anemochory
Mature width (meter) 0.6
Mature height (meter) 1.5
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 in scrub and on rocky ground. It does best in moist, rich soil. It needs a protected and partly shaded position. It is sensitive to frost and drought. It suits hardiness zones 3-9.
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Scrub, forest, river valleys and sunny hills. Open woodland, bushy places and dry hill slopes.
Light 6-8
Soil humidity 3-6
Soil texture 2-5
Soil acidity 2-8
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 4-8

Usage

CAUTION: Most Clematis contain an irritant poison.
Uses medicinal poison
Edible leaves shoots
Therapeutic use Cancer (unspecified)
Human toxicity toxic (whole)
Animal toxicity toxic (whole)

Cultivation

It can be grown from seed or cuttings.
Mode cuttings divisions seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 270
Germination temperacture (C°) 19 - 22
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment soaking
Minimum temperature (C°) -27
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Habit

Clematis recta habit picture by Tomaž Jančar (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta habit picture by Philippe de Spoelberch (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta habit picture by Otto Kasper (cc-by-sa)

Leaf

Clematis recta leaf picture by whiteleaf (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta leaf picture by Bruno Vanstaevel (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta leaf picture by Gut Jose a (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Clematis recta flower picture by lucia.dep (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta flower picture by Grazia Gironella (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta flower picture by aka aka (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Clematis recta fruit picture by Philippe de Spoelberch (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta fruit picture by Escoda Joseo (cc-by-sa)
Clematis recta fruit picture by Pedrocchi César (cc-by-sa)

Distribution

Clematis recta world distribution map, present in Albania, Andorra, Austria, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Canada, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Spain, Estonia, France, Georgia, Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Ukraine, United States of America, and South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:710023-1
WFO ID wfo-0000610576
COL ID VYCS
BDTFX ID 18227
INPN ID 91880
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR) Link

Synonyms

Clematis bracteosa Clematis erecta Clematis hispanica Clematis umbraticola Anemone recta Clematis corymbosa Clematis tenuiflora Clematitis erecta Clematis lathyrifolia Clematis lathyrifolia Clematis recta
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