Clematis hirsutissima |
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Douglas' clematis, hairy clematis, leatherflower, sugar bowls, vaseflower |
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Stems | erect, not viny, 1.5-6.5 dm, hirsute (sometimes sparsely so in var. hirsutissima) or densely short, soft-pubescent to nearly glabrous. |
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Leaf | blade 2-3-pinnate; leaflets often deeply 2-several-lobed, if lobed than lateral lobes usually small and distinctly narrower than central portion, leaflets or lobes linear to lanceolate, 1-6 × 0.05-1.5 cm, thin, not prominently reticulate; surfaces sparsely to densely silky-hirsute, not glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | terminal, flowers solitary. |
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Flowers | broadly cylindric to urn-shaped; sepals very dark violet-blue or rarely pink or white, oblong-lanceolate, 2.5-4.5 cm, margins narrowly expanded distally, 0.5-2 mm wide, thin, distally ± crisped, tomentose, tips obtuse to acute, slightly spreading, abaxially usually densely hirsute, occasionally moderately so. |
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Achenes | bodies densely long-pubescent; beak 4-9 cm, plumose. |
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Clematis hirsutissima |
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Distribution |
AZ; CO; ID; MT; NE; NM; OK; OR; SD; UT; WA; WY
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Discussion | Varieties 2 (2 in the flora). The varieties of Clematis hirsutissima, although highly dissimilar in their extreme forms, intergrade extensively in Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | ||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Clematis > subg. Viorna | ||||
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Synonyms | Coriflora hirsutissima | ||||
Name authority | Pursh: Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 385. (1814) | ||||
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