UW Burke Herbarium species comparison

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Clematis terniflora

Clematis orientalis

Oriental clematis, Oriental virginsbower
Habit Stems viny, typically climbing, 2-8 m long.
Leaves

Blade pinnately 5 or 7 times foliolate, margins entire or crenate-serrate, however, toothing may be coarsely few;

proximal leaflets occasionally 3 times foliolate;

leaflets lanceolate to elliptic/ovate, 2 or 3 lobed proximally, 1-5.5 x 0.5-3.5 cm long.
Flowers

Flowers bisexual;

sepals wide-spreading and recurved, greenish-yellow, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, margins densely pubescent: abaxially and adaxially pubescent or abaxially glabrous;

stamens number from 20-40, staminodes absent. pistils number 75-150; Inflorescences axillary and sometimes terminal, 3 to many - flowered cymes or solitary.
Fruits

Achenes turgid, not conspicuously rimmed and pilose;

beaks 2-5 cm long.

Clematis terniflora

Clematis orientalis
Flowering time June-July
Habitat Disturbed open areas at low elevations.
Distribution
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Known from Yakima County in Washington; also known from the Columbia River Gorge area in Oregon, and other scattered locations in southwestern North America.
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Origin Introduced
Conservation status Not of concern
Sibling taxa
C. hirsutissima, C. ligusticifolia, C. occidentalis, C. orientalis, C. vitalba
C. hirsutissima, C. ligusticifolia, C. occidentalis, C. vitalba
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