OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis ochroleuca   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis ochroleuca   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Clematis ochroleuca

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

Coriflora ochroleuca

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-001:

Clematis ochroleuca   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Viorna ochroleuca

 

COMMON NAME:
Curlyheads


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image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vioc2_001_lvd

        

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

Will Stuart    wil_8060704841_9f36f307b

March    Mecklenburg County    NC

Van Landingham Glen at UNC Charlotte

The only erect herb in this genus likely to be found in the southern mtns, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains (Smith, 1998).

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

David Campbell    mdc_clematis_ochroleuca

April    Catawba County    NC

Riverbend Park

The habitat was Dry-Basic Oak/Hickory Forest, underlain by mafic rock.

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

Will Stuart    wil_8419766281_379343a250

April    Mecklenburg County    NC

Van Landingham Glen at UNC Charlotte

Sepal surface hairy; sepal margins not expanded, not crispate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

Alan S. Weakley    asw_1003780800612856

May    Granville County    NC

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

JK Marlow    jkm140603_372

June    Pickens County    SC

SC Botanical Garden

Erect plant w simple, opposite, ovate leaves - most entire but some 3-lobed, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_clematis_ochroleuca

June        

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

Will Stuart    wil_8060690272_601cd2d5af

October    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

image of Clematis ochroleuca, Curlyheads

Will Stuart    wil_8060746041_86bd17d5a4

October    Orange County    NC

North Carolina Botanical Garden

Headlike cluster of achenes, each with a long, curling feathery style, per Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 1st ed. (Porcher & Rayner, 2001).

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis ochroleuca   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis ochroleuca   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Clematis ochroleuca

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

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-001:
Clematis ochroleuca   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

 

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Forb
Perennial

Habitat: Dry woodlands and woodland borders, generally over mafic or calcareous rocks, such as diabase, gabbro, or calcareous siltstone, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bluish outside, yellowish inside
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx narrowly urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

 

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