Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (10/20/20):
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
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 (10/20/20):
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis albicoma
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Flora of North America
Clematis albicoma
SYNONYMOUS WITH
New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora albicoma
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
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:
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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