OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis crispa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae   Go to FSUS key



SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis crispa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America

Clematis crispa

SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)

Coriflora crispa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-002:

Clematis crispa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)

Viorna crispa

 

COMMON NAME:
Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine


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image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide    pnd_clcr_004_lvd

        

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vicr3_001_lvd

        

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

JK Marlow    jkm160415_111

April    Turner County    GA

crisped = "curled or twisted in relation to a horizontal plane", per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

JK Marlow    jkm160415_112

April    Turner County    GA

Sepal tips widely spreading, the upper margins thin, crisped, to 6 mm wide, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

JK Marlow    jkm160415_113

April    Turner County    GA

Flowers solitary, terminal on each branch. Calyx cylindric below, flared above, per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

JK Marlow    jkm160415_115

April    Turner County    GA

Most leaves compound, petiolate, upper surface reticulations faint& indistinct, per Weakley's Flora.


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image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

JK Marlow    jkm160415_117

April    Turner County    GA

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

JK Marlow    jkm160415_120

April    Turner County    GA

Peduncles usually without bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2015).

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

Will Stuart    wil_4548553827_fefb098ea

April    Anson County    NC

Pee Dee National Wildlife Refuge

Sepal tips spreading to recurved, greatly expanded and crispate, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_clematis_crispa_3

July        

Sepals thick, 1-2" long, blue to purple, the tips normally reflexed and wavy, per Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005).

image of Clematis crispa, Southern Leatherflower, Marsh Clematis, Swamp Leatherflower, Blue Jasmine

Richard and Teresa Ware    rtw_clematis_crispa_9

July        

 

 

WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis crispa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis crispa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Flora of North America
Clematis crispa

SYNONYMOUS WITH New names and combinations, principally in the Rocky Mountain flora (Weber, 1995)
Coriflora crispa

SYNONYMOUS WITH VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-002:
Clematis crispa   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Manual of the Southeastern Flora (Small, 1933, 1938)
Viorna crispa

 

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Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: marshes, tidal and non-tidal swamps, floodplain forests, disturbed wet or moist areas, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common in Coastal Plain (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

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

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Bluish
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx campanulate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary, terminal, usually without subtending bracts

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

 

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