Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis catesbyana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
Learn more about Coastal Virgin's Bower from the Vascular Plants of North Carolina.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis catesbyana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-008:
Clematis ligusticifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
COMMON NAME:
Coastal Virgin's Bower, Satin-curls, Climbing Clematis
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JK Marlow jkm170818_0358
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Often a high-climbing vine, but sprawling when no tall trees are available, per Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide.
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JK Marlow jkm170818_647
August Jackson County NC
Big Ridge Preserve
Leaves have 5-7 leaflets (rarely 3).
COMPARE
leaves of Clematis species
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis catesbyana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis catesbyana
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN (MISAPPLIED)
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-008:
Clematis ligusticifolia
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
336
Woody vine
Perennial
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA NC SC
Uncommon (rare in NC)
Look for it on dunes and interdune swales with abundant shell hash, calcareous woodlands and thickets, calcareous hammocks, 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:
Pinnately compound: (3)5-7 leaflets
Opposite
FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
FRUIT:
Summer/Fall
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians p057
- Woody Plants of the Blue Ridge p05
- Woody Plants of the Southeastern US: A Winter Guide p104