Clematis ochroleuca

Aiton

Hort. Kew. 2: 260. 1789.

Common names: Erect silky leather-flower curly-heads
Endemic
Synonyms: Viorna ochroleuca (Aiton) Small
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect to ± sprawling, not viny, 2-7 dm,, sparsely to ± densely pilose. Leaves simple. Leaf-blade narrowly to broadly ovate, unlobed or rarely few-lobed, 3-14 × (1.5-) 2.5-8 (-9.5) cm, ± leathery, reticulate adaxially; surfaces abaxially moderately silky-pilose with spreading hairs or rarely nearly glabrous, not glaucous. Inflorescences terminal, flowers solitary; bracts absent. Flowers narrowly urn-shaped; sepals pale-yellow to pale-purple, lanceolate, 1-3.5 cm, margins not expanded, thin, not crispate, tomentose, tip obtuse, spreading to recurved, abaxially silky-pubescent. Achenes: bodies pilose, hairs appressed-ascending; beak yellowish-brown to reddish-brown, 3-6 cm, plumose. 2n = 16.


Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Dry to moist woods, thickets, roadsides, and other shady to open, ± disturbed sites, mostly on mafic substrates
Elevation: 0-500 m

Distribution

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D.C., Ga., Md., N.J., N.Y., N.C., S.C., Va.

Discussion

In New York, Clematis ochroleucra is known only from Staten Island and, formerly, from western Long Island (Brooklyn).

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Clematis ochroleuca"
flattened +
James S. Pringle +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Undefined subg. Viorna +
curved +  and straight +
plumose +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
scale-like;leaflike +
globose;cylindric +
Erect silky leather-flower +  and curly-heads +
bracteate +  and 3-7-flowered +
paired +  and solitary +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
D.C. +, Ga. +, Md. +, N.J. +, N.Y. +, N.C. +, S.C. +  and Va. +
0-500 m +
filiform +  and flattened +
bracteate +  and 3-7-flowered +
paired +  and solitary +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
urn--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
flattened-ellipsoid;terete;flattened-ellipsoid;terete;lenticular +
Dry to moist woods, thickets, roadsides, and other shady to open, ± disturbed sites, mostly on mafic substrates +
appressed-ascending +  and spreading +
axillary +  and terminal +
2-pinnate +  and 1-pinnate +
8 cm80 mm <br />0.08 m <br /> (9.5 cm95 mm <br />0.095 m <br />) +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br />) +
few-lobed +, unlobed +  and ovate +
cordate +  and orbiculate oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate lobed or unlobed +
cordate +  and orbiculate oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate lobed or unlobed +
palmate +  and pinnate +
not crispate +
not expanded +
1-many-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
Flowering spring. +
5 +  and 150 +
not arillate +  and stalked +
pale-yellow;pale-purple +
not persistent +
distinct +
abaxially glabrous +  and silky hirsute or tomentose +
3 +  and 6 +
lanceolate +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3.5 cm35 mm <br />0.035 m <br />) +
erect to more +
persistent +
not glaucous;glabrous;silky-pilose +
Viorna ochroleuca +
Clematis ochroleuca +
Clematis subg. Viorna +
species +
spreading +  and recurved +
silky-pubescent +
obtuse +
annual +  and perennial +