Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis occidentalis var. occidentalis
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Clematis from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
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, 1938)
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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June Park County WY
These large, dull blue flowers are up to 2" and have thin-textured sepals, per Wildflowers of the Southern Mountains.
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, 1938)
Atragene americana
3209
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to North Carolina
Documented growing wild in - NC -
Rare
Look for it on rocky slopes over mafic rocks (greenstone, amphibolite) (known positively in NC only from amphibolite peaks in Ashe County), per Weakley's Flora
Click here to see a more detailed map from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium,
or click here to see a map from SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
LEAVES:
Odd-pinnately compound: 3 leaflets
Opposite
Leaves have petioles.
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Dull blue-violet
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers solitary in leaf axils
FRUIT:
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!