Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
Dig deeper at SERNEC, a consortium of southeastern herbaria.
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-005:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna glaucophylla
COMMON NAME:
White-leaved Leatherflower
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vigl3_001_lvd
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_glaucophylla
May
Flowers ovoid; sepal tips not expanded or crispate but are long acuminate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia. Tipularia (Ware, 2009).
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Richard and Teresa Ware rtw_c_glaucophylla_16
May
WEAKLEY'S FLORA (11/30/12):
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-005:
Clematis glaucophylla
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH
Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna glaucophylla
3608
Herbaceous vine
Perennial
Native to Georgia
Documented growing wild in GA - -
Rare
Look for it in wet hammocks, habitat in our area poorly known, also probably in dry woodlands or openings over calcareous rocks, and according to the Vascular Flora of the Carolinas in "rich woods", 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:
Compound (rarely simple)
Opposite
FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Deep reddish-purple
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx urceolate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary
Flowers in axillary clusters
FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes
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