Clematis occidentalis |
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blue clematis, clématite occidentale, Columbia bower, Columbia clematis, Columbia virgin's bower, purple clematis, purple virgin's-bower, rock clematis, western blue clematis, western blue virginsbower, western clematis |
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Stems | viny, climbing or trailing (plants scarcely viny perennials in var. dissecta). |
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Leaf | blade 1-ternate (or terminal leaflet sometimes ternate in var. dissecta), ± firm but not succulent; leaflets lance-ovate to triangular or suborbiculate, lobed or unlobed, margins entire or toothed. |
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Flowers | sepals violet-blue, reddish violet, or white, lanceolate to ovate or elliptic-oblong. |
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Clematis occidentalis |
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Distribution |
CO; CT; DE; IA; ID; IL; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MT; NC; NH; NJ; NY; OR; PA; RI; UT; VA; VT; WA; WI; WV; WY; AB; BC; NB; ON; QC; SK; YT
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Clematis > subg. Atragene | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Atragene occidentalis | ||||||||
Name authority | (Hornemann) de Candolle: Prodr. 1: 10. (1824) | ||||||||
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