Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3 (1997)
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora albicoma
COMMON NAME:
White-haired Leatherflower
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WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/14/23):
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America. BONAP (Kartesz, 2021)
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Floristic Synthesis of North America (Kartesz, 1999)
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America north of Mexico, vol. 3
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora albicoma
3211
Forb
Perennial
Habitat: Shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora
Native: north of the Carolinas
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LEAVES:
Simple
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer
Bluish, purplish
(yellowish toward sepal tips)
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx narrowly urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer
Aggregate of achenes
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