Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Clematis glaucophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora glaucophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-005:
Clematis glaucophylla FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna glaucophylla
COMMON NAME:
White-leaved Leatherflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vigl3_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_glaucophylla
May
Flowers ovoid; sepal tips not expanded or crispate but are long acuminate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_glaucophylla_16
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Clematis glaucophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora glaucophylla
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-005:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna glaucophylla
3608
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Dry rocky river bluffs, scrub-shrub over xeric alluvial deposits and fluvial sand ridges, wet hammocks (FL), per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Compound (rarely simple)
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Deep reddish-purple
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p095
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p304
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