Clematis occidentalis |
Clematis occidentalis var. grosseserrata |
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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 |
Columbia bower, Columbia clematis, purple virgin's bower, western blue clematis, western blue virginsbower, western clematis, western purple clematis |
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Stems | viny, climbing or trailing (plants scarcely viny perennials in var. dissecta). |
± viny, climbing or trailing, 0.25-2.5 m. Leaves: leaflets unlobed or occasionally 1-3-lobed, 2-11 cm, margins entire or less often shallowly crenate-serrate. |
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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. |
sepals often eventually wide-spreading, violet-blue to pale blue or rarely white, lance-ovate, 3-6 cm, margins often ± fluted, tips acuminate. |
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2n | = 16. |
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Clematis occidentalis |
Clematis occidentalis var. grosseserrata |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–early summer. | |||||||||
Habitat | Often deep, fine soils in shady forest, also cliffs and other rocky sites in open woods and thickets | |||||||||
Elevation | 400-2800 m (1300-9200 ft) | |||||||||
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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CO; ID; MT; OR; UT; WA; WY; AB; BC; SK; YT |
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Discussion | Varieties 3 (3 in the flora). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
The names Clematis columbiana (Nuttall) Torrey & A. Gray and C. verticillaris var. columbiana (Nuttall) A. Gray have long and frequently been misapplied to this taxon. This erroneous usage continues in some horticultural references. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
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Key |
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Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. | ||||||||
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Clematis > subg. Atragene | Ranunculaceae > Clematis > subg. Atragene > Clematis occidentalis | ||||||||
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Synonyms | Atragene occidentalis | Atragene grosseserrata, C. occidentalis subsp. grosseserrata | ||||||||
Name authority | (Hornemann) de Candolle: Prodr. 1: 10. (1824) | (Rydberg) J. S. Pringle: Brittonia 23: 370. (1971) | ||||||||
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