Common Clematis

Member - John and Val — Tue, 06 Jan 2015 21:17:00 GMT

A strongly growing vine that climbs over other shrubs and intertwines with other vines. Climbing is done by the twining leaf stalks. Leaves are compound, made up of 3 oval shaped leaflets. There are separate male and female plants - each bears 4-petalled flowers that are about 5cm across.
Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Clematis Species: pubescens Main Flower Colour: White

Old Man's Beard

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 06:38:00 GMT

Dioecious, woody climber, to 5 m high. Leaves mostly biternate with 9 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate-oblong to broad-ovate, 0.8–6 cm long, 0.3–1.2 cm wide, entire or appearing toothed or lobed by incomplete division, usually obtuse, glabrous. Flowers in axillary and terminal dichasial panicles. Tepals linear-lanceolate, 1.3–2.5 cm long, creamy white, pubescent below, almost glabrous above. Stamens 2–5.5 mm long; filaments glabrous, white; anthers ellipsoidal-obloid, 0.4–1 mm long, without appendage; staminodes present. Achenes compressed-ovoid to compressed broadly ellipsoid, 4–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, light brown, glabrous or with short sparse hairs, margin corky; awn 3–5 cm long. Widespread in eastern Australia including S.A., Qld, N.S.W., Vic. and Tas. Found in a wide variety of habitats including open forests, heathy woodlands and mallee scrublands. Flowers July–Oct.
Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Clematis Species: microphylla Main Flower Colour: Cream

Ranunculaceae Clematis Wildflowers

Common Clematis

Old Man's Beard