Clematis ochroleuca
Hort. Kew. 2: 260. 1789.
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
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
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