Blooms: June-September
Habit: shrub,vine,herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Oklahoma and the Dakotas.
Habitat: River valleys and sagebrush desert to ponderosa pine forests.
Habit: shrub,vine,herb
Duration: perennial
Origin: Native
Conservation Status: Abundant; of no concern.
Distribution: Chiefly east of the Cascades crest in Washington; British Columbia south to California, east to Oklahoma and the Dakotas.
Habitat: River valleys and sagebrush desert to ponderosa pine forests.
Species Description:
General: Strong, woody, dioecious climbing vine to 20 m. long.
Leaves: Leaves pinnately compound with 5-7 narrowly to broadly ovate-cordate leaflets 3-6 cm. long, coarsely few-toothed or lobed.
Flowers: Flowers in several-flowered bracteate panicles; sepals 4, creamy white, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 mm. long; petals none; staminate flowers without vestigial pistils; pistillate flowers with numerous, sterile stamens.
Fruits: Achenes hairy; styles persistent, 2.5-5 cm. long.
General: Strong, woody, dioecious climbing vine to 20 m. long.
Leaves: Leaves pinnately compound with 5-7 narrowly to broadly ovate-cordate leaflets 3-6 cm. long, coarsely few-toothed or lobed.
Flowers: Flowers in several-flowered bracteate panicles; sepals 4, creamy white, narrowly oblong-lanceolate, 6-15 mm. long; petals none; staminate flowers without vestigial pistils; pistillate flowers with numerous, sterile stamens.
Fruits: Achenes hairy; styles persistent, 2.5-5 cm. long.
Accepted Name:
Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt.Synonyms:
Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. var. brevifolia Nutt.
Clematis ligusticifolia Nutt. var. ligusticifolia
Clematis neomexicana Wooton & Standley
Clematis suksdorfii B.L. Robinson
Treated in Flora of the PNW as:
Clematis ligusticifolia
Additional Resources:
PNW Herbaria Specimens: View list of Clematis ligusticifolia specimens in the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria database.
WTU Herbarium Specimens: View list of Clematis ligusticifolia specimens in the WTU Herbarium database.
Washington Flora Checklist: Clematis ligusticifolia treatment.
E-Flora BC: Clematis ligusticifolia atlas page.
CalPhotos: Clematis ligusticifolia images.
USDA Plants Database: Clematis ligusticifolia.
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Clayton J. Antieau, 1995
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Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
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Ben Legler, 2005
Ben Legler, 2005
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H. Tim Gladwin, 1988
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Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
Ben Legler, 2006
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David Giblin, 2009
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