Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Clematis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-009x:
Clematis verticillaris
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933)
Atragene americana
COMMON NAME:
Mountain Clematis, Purple Clematis
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_atam2_001_lvd
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_occidentalis1
June Park County WY
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Bruce A. Sorrie bas_c_occidentalis1b
June Park County WY
These large, dull blue flowers are up to 2" and have thin-textured sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.