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Scientific name:

Clematis viticella

Vernacular name:

Clematis, Purple


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Purple Clematis

Scientific name: Clematis viticella L.

Diagnostic features
Deciduous climber to 4m.
Leaves pinnate with primary divisions ternate.
Leaflets cordate to broadly cuneate at base.
Flowers 1-3 in each leaf-axil.
Sepals 1.5-3cm, blue to purple.
Style glabrous, elongating little in fruit.

Chromosome number: (2n=16).

Habitat
Introduced-naturalized; in hedges.

Distribution
Very scattered, Dorset and Surrey to Salop; South Europe.

This species is keyed out at Page 1470 of the Text Key.

Clematis viticella (Clematis, Purple)
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