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

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



INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis viorna   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America

Clematis viorna

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-004:

Clematis viorna   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

Viorna viorna

 

COMMON NAME:
Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine


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image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913    pnd_vivi8_001_lvd

        

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm0305y_06

May    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Leaves pinnately compound w 3-9 leaflets, veins not prominent, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm070528_103

May    Laurens County    SC

Sumter National Forest: Tyger Ranger District

2 subtending bracts positioned about halfway up the peduncle/ pedicel, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm0506d_35

June    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm100606_018

June    Union County    SC

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm100606_024

June    Union County    SC

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm100606_032

June    Union County    SC

Sepals are petaloid, and there are usually 4 (petals are absent), per Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968).

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm100606_037

June    Union County    SC

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm100606_039

June    Union County    SC

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm100606_040

June    Union County    SC

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

Tim Spira    tps_cviorna_wbb3

June        

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm0307d_13

July    Rutherford County    NC

Chimney Rock Park

Purple bell-shaped flowers with very thick sepals recurved at the tip, per Newcomb's Wildflower Guide (Newcomb, 1977).

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm140704_617

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm140704_619

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm140704_620

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

Inflorescences are axillary, 1-7 flowered, per The genus Clematis in Georgia (Ware, 2009).

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm140704_626

July    Jackson County    NC

Whiteside Mountain

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm220715_9150

July    Greenville County    SC

Petals absent. Thick, firm sepals form a leathery urn-shaped calyx, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm220715_9152

July    Greenville County    SC

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

Keith Bradley    kab_clematis_viorna_1504

July    Buncombe County    NC

Blue Ridge Parkway

image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm211018_4363

October    Pickens County    SC

Fruit is a round cluster of achenes with long, feathery, curved tails, per Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005).


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image of Clematis viorna, Northern Leatherflower, Vase-vine

JK Marlow    jkm211018_4364

October    Pickens County    SC

 

 

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

INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS NATIONAL DATABASE:
Clematis viorna   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

INCLUDED WITHIN Flora of North America
Clematis viorna

INCLUDED WITHIN VASCULAR FLORA OF THE CAROLINAS (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968) 076-10-004:
Clematis viorna   FAMILY Ranunculaceae

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

 

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Herbaceous vine
Perennial

Habitat: Mesic forests, woodlands, thickets, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, per Weakley's Flora

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

Common (uncommon in SC Piedmont & in GA, rare in SC Coastal Plain)

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LEAVES:
2-pinnately compound (usually)
Opposite

FLOWER:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Sepal exterior cherry red sepal interior cream
Radially symmetrical
4 petaloid sepals, calyx broadly urceolate to campanulate
Petals absent
Numerous stamens
Superior ovary

Flowers solitary in leaf axils

FRUIT:
Spring/Summer/Fall
Brownish
Aggregate of achenes

 

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