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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

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LEAVES:
Pinnately compound: (3)5-7 leaflets
Opposite

FLOWER:
Summer/Fall
White
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

Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales

WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis catesbyana   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis catesbyana   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

LESS THAN (MISAPPLIED) VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (1968) 076-10-008:
Clematis ligusticifolia   FAMILY Ranunculaceae