Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clematis socialis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis socialis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis socialis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Clematis socialis
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Clematis socialis
COMMON NAME:
Alabama Leatherflower
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clematis_socialis_119
July
The only clump-forming member of the Viorna group, thus "socialis", per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clematis_socialis_130
July
Sepal margins slightly expanded, crispate, with tips spreading to recurved, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_clematis_socialis_2
October
Leaflets linear-lanceolate, averaging ca. 10× as long as wide, per Weakley's Flora (2022).
COMPARE
leaves of Clematis species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clematis socialis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis socialis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis socialis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Clematis socialis
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Clematis socialis
3640
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Wet calcareous flatwoods, per Weakley's Flora
Native to Georgia
Rare
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LEAVES:
Simple, or pinnately compound
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring
Blue-violet (uniformly)
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx narrowly urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary, terminal
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer?
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
If a search such as "Carex leptalea var. leptalea" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "Carex leptalea".
Or, to minimize chances of a misspelling, try just "Carex le".
Less is more: If "pencil flower" doesn't deliver the results you want, try "pencil".