Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clematis versicolor
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis versicolor
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Clematis versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Clematis versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna versicolor
COMMON NAME:
Pale Leatherflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vive3_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clematis versicolor
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis versicolor
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Clematis versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Clematis versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora versicolor
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna versicolor
2864
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Rocky, calcareous woodlands, bluffs, and cliffs, per Weakley's Flora
Native: west of the Carolinas & Georgia
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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bluish, pale blue-violet to reddish-purple
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx broadly urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Summer?
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p224
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p035
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p057
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