Clematis occidentalis |
Clematis texensis |
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Columbia clematis, rock clematis, Columbia virgins-bower |
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Habit | Soft-hairy or sparsely woolly perennials with creeping or climbing, slender stems; plants scarcely viny in var. dissecta, found in the Wenatchee Mountains of Washington. | |
Leaves | Leaves opposite, ternate, firm but not succulent, the leaflets lance-ovate to triangular or sub-orbicular, lobed or unlobed, the margins entire or toothed. |
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Flowers | Flowers solitary, terminal on short axillary branches on naked peduncles 5-15 cm. long; sepals usually 4, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-oblong, acuminate, 3.5-6 cm. long, violet-blue to pale blue; petals none; stamens numerous, the outer ones often sterile; styles 3-6 cm. long, plumose, persistent. |
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Fruits | Achenes short-pubescent. |
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Clematis occidentalis |
Clematis texensis |
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Flowering time | May-July | |
Habitat | Often in deep, fine soils in shady forest, also in cliffs and other rocky sites in open woods and thickets, at moderate to high elevations in the mountains. | |
Distribution | Occurring east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia to Oregon, east to Saskatchewan and Wyoming.
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Origin | Native | |
Conservation status | Not of concern | |
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