NameThatPlant.net: Clematis versicolor

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Clematis versicolor FAMILY Ranunculaceae Go to FSUS key

Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis versicolor FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Clematis versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)

Coriflora versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viorna versicolor

COMMON NAME:
Pale Leatherflower

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image of Clematis versicolor, Pale Leatherflower

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vive3_001_lvd

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (10/20/20):
Clematis versicolor FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis versicolor FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Clematis versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora versicolor

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna versicolor

2864

Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Rocky, calcareous woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs, per Weakley's Flora

Native: north & west of the Carolinas & Georgia

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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer
Bluish, pale blue-violet to reddish-purple
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx broadly urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers in axillary clusters

FRUIT:
Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

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