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3211
Forb
Perennial
Native: north of the Carolinas
Documented growing wild in - - -
Uncommon, endemic to VA-WV
Look for it in shale barrens, per Weakley's Flora
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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:
Aggregate of achenes
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Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
White-haired Leatherflower
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