Spermatophytes (seed plants): Angiosperms (flowering plants): Eudicots: Ranunculales
WEAKLEY'S FLORA OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US (4/24/22):
Clematis crispa
FAMILY
Ranunculaceae
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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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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / USDA Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide pnd_clcr_004_lvd
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USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database / Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913 pnd_vicr3_001_lvd
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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).
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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).
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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).
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JK Marlow jkm160415_115
April Turner County GA
Most leaves compound, petiolate, upper surface reticulations faint& indistinct, per Weakley's Flora.
COMPARE
leaves of Clematis species
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JK Marlow jkm160415_117
April Turner County GA
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JK Marlow jkm160415_120
April Turner County GA
Peduncles usually without bracts, per Weakley's Flora (2015).
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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).
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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).
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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
TO LEARN MORE about this plant, look it up in a good book!
- Gardening with Native Plants of the South (Wasowski & Wasowski, 1994, 2020) p102
- Gardening with the Native Plants of Tennessee (Hunter, 2002) p224
- Guide to the Wildflowers of SC, 2nd ed. (McMillan, Porcher, Rayner, & White; 2022) p455
- Field Guide to the Rare Plants of Georgia (Chafin, 2007) p095
- Wildflowers of the Carolina Lowcountry (Porcher, 1995) p130
- Field Guide to the Wildflowers of Georgia (Chafin, 2016) p303
- Wildflowers of Tennessee (Carman, 2005) p035
- Wildflowers of Tennessee, the Ohio Valley, and the Southern Appalachians (Horn, Cathcart, Hemmerly, & Duhl, 2005) p056
- Wildflowers of the Sandhills Region (Sorrie, 2011) p261
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