Clematis texensis |
Clematis lasiantha |
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crimson clematis, scarlet clematis, scarlet leather flower, Texas clematis |
chaparral clematis, pipestem, pipestem clematis |
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Stems | viny, to 3 m, glabrous or sometimes ± hirsute near nodes. |
scrambling to climbing, 3-4 m. Leaf blade 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate, largest leaflets usually 3-lobed, 1.5-6 × 1.5-5 cm; terminal leaflet occasionally 3-cleft, margins usually toothed; surfaces glabrous or sparsely silky. |
Leaf | blade 1-pinnate; leaflets 6-10 plus additional tendril-like terminal leaflet, ovate to nearly round, unlobed, 2-3-lobed, or most proximal occasionally 3-foliolate, 1-9 × 1-6 cm, leathery, ± prominently reticulate adaxially; surfaces abaxially usually glabrous, occasionally sparsely pubescent, glaucous. |
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Inflorescences | axillary, 1-7-flowered. |
axillary, flowers solitary, rarely 3-flowered cymes. |
Flowers | ovoid to urn-shaped; sepals rose-red to scarlet abaxially and at tip adaxially, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm, margins not expanded, thick, not crispate, tomentose, tips acute to acuminate, recurved, abaxially glabrous. |
unisexual; pedicel (including peduncle) stout, 3.5-11 cm; sepals wide-spreading, not recurved, white to cream, ovate or elliptic to obovate or oblanceolate, 10-21 mm, abaxially and adaxially pilose; stamens 50-100; filaments glabrous; staminodes absent or 50-100; pistils 75-100. |
Achenes | bodies appressed-pubescent; beak 4-7 cm, plumose. |
asymmetric-ovate, not broadly orbiculate, 3-4 × 1.5-2 mm, not conspicuously rimmed, glabrous; beak 3.5-5.5 cm. |
2n | = 16. |
= 16. |
Clematis texensis |
Clematis lasiantha |
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Phenology | Flowering spring–summer (Mar–Jun). | Flowering winter–spring (Jan–Jun). |
Habitat | Woodlands, calcareous cliffs, and stream banks | Chaparral, open woodlands |
Elevation | 80-700 m (300-2300 ft) | 0-2000 m (0-6600 ft) |
Distribution |
TX
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CA; Mexico (Baja California)
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Discussion | Although widely cultivated because it is the only species of Clematis with truly red flowers, C.texensis is native only to the southeastern part of the Edwards Plateau, Texas. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Clematis lasiantha is common in the Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada of California. The Shasta used pounded stems or chewed or burned roots of Clematis lasiantha medicinally in the treatment of colds (D. E. Moerman 1986). (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.) |
Source | FNA vol. 3. | FNA vol. 3. |
Parent taxa | Ranunculaceae > Clematis > subg. Viorna | Ranunculaceae > Clematis > subg. Clematis |
Sibling taxa | ||
Synonyms | Viorna coccinea | |
Name authority | Buckley: Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 13: 448. (1862) | Nuttall: in J. Torrey and A. Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 9. (1838) |
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