Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Clematis beadlei
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis viorna
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis viorna
INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Clematis viorna
INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-004?:
Clematis viorna FAMILY Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna beadlei
COMMON NAME:
Beadle's Leatherflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vivi8_001_lvd
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (2/10/25):
Clematis beadlei
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis viorna
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis viorna
INCLUDED WITHIN
Flora of North America
Clematis viorna
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-004?:
Clematis viorna
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna beadlei
4640
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Habitat: Thickets, streamsides, per Weakley's Flora
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Uncommon in Carolina Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
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LEAVES:
2-pinnately compound (usually)
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Sepal exterior deep magenta pink
sepal interior white
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx broadly urceolate to campanulate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall?
Aggregate of achenes
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