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Clematis versicolor Small ex Rydb.

Pale leather flower (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Ranunculales > Ranunculaceae > Clematis

Characteristics

Stems viny, to 5 m, glabrous or sparsely pubescent. Leaf blade 1-pinnate; leaflets 8-10 plus additional tendril-like terminal leaflet, elliptic to ovate, usually unlobed, occasionally 2-3-lobed, 2-8 × 1.5-6.5 cm, leathery, abaxially and adaxially prominently reticulate; surfaces abaxially glabrous and glaucous. Inflorescences axillary, 1-7-flowered. Flowers broadly urn-shaped; sepals abaxially pale lavender to reddish purple, grading to pale green toward tip, narrowly ovate, 1.5-3 cm, margins not expanded, thick, not crispate, tomentose, tips acute, slightly spreading, glabrous. Achenes: bodies appressed-pubescent; beak (3-)5-6 cm, plumose. 2 n = 16.
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Stems climbing; herbage glabrous, glaucous; lfls mostly 4 pairs, firm, strongly reticulate on both sides, ovate-oblong to cordate-ovate, often 2–3-lobed; cal urceolate; sep ovate-oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm, short-acuminate, bluish-lavender to reddish-purple, or whitish distally, densely tomentose on the margins, otherwise glabrous; style at anthesis densely hairy, at maturity 4–5 cm, densely long-plumose throughout; 2n=16. Dry, calcareous woods; chiefly Ozarkian, from s. Mo., Okla., and Ark. to Ky. and Tenn. June, July.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support climber
Foliage retention evergreen
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Mature height (meter) 4.0 - 5.0
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 4-10

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Cultivation

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

Clematis versicolor unspecified picture

Distribution

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

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60441-2
WFO ID wfo-0000610857
COL ID VYHP
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Clematis versicolor Coriflora versicolor Viorna versicolor Clematis versicolor f. pubescens
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