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|accepted_name=Clematis virginiana
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Cent. Pl. I,
|place=15. 1755
|year=1755
}}
|common_names=Virgin's-bower;clématite de Virginie
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Clematis canadensis
|authority=Miller
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|name=Clematis holosericea
|authority=Pursh
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|name=Clematis missouriensis
|authority=Rydberg
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|name=Clematis virginiana var. missouriensis
|authority=(Rydberg) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Clematis;Clematis subg. Clematis;Clematis virginiana
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Ranunculaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Clematis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>subgenus</small>[[Clematis subg. Clematis]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Clematis virginiana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>climbing, 2-7 m. <b>Leaf</b> blade 3-foliolate; leaflets ovate to lanceolate, 3.5-9 × 1.5-7.5 cm, margins coarsely toothed to entire; surfaces abaxially sparsely to densely pilose, adaxially glabrate. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 3-many-flowered simple or compound cymes. <b>Flowers</b> unisexual; pedicel slender, 1-2 cm; sepals wide-spreading, not recurved, white to cream, elliptic or nearly oblong to oblanceolate, 6-14 mm, abaxially densely white-hairy, adaxially sparsely white-hairy; stamens ca. 30-50+; filaments glabrous; staminodes absent or fewer than stamens; pistils 40-70; beak nearly equaling sepals. <b>Achenes</b> ovate, 2.5-3.5 × l.5 mm, conspicously rimmed, sparsely short-hairy; beak 2.5-5 cm. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Sep).
|habitat=Streamsides, wet roadsides, fencerows, and other moist, disturbed, wooded or open sites, locally abundant
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|discussion=<p><i>Clematis virginiana</i> is the most frequent and widespread virgin's-bower in eastern North America. It is easily distinguished from <i>C. catesbyana</i> by the presence of three ovate leaflets.</p><!--
--><p>Native Americans used infusions prepared from the roots of <i>Clematis virginiana</i> medicinally to treat kidney ailments, and mixed them with milkweed to heal backaches and venereal sores. Decoctions of stems were ingested to induce strange dreams. In addition, the plant was used as an ingredient in green corn medicine (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Clematis virginiana
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Clematis canadensis;Clematis holosericea;Clematis missouriensis;Clematis virginiana var. missouriensis
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering summer (Jun–Sep).
|habitat=Streamsides, wet roadsides, fencerows, and other moist, disturbed, wooded or open sites, locally abundant
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Man.;N.B.;N.S.;Ont.;P.E.I.;Que.;Ala.;Ark.;Conn.;Del.;Fla.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Iowa;Kans.;Ky.;La.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;Mich.;Minn.;Miss.;Mo.;Nebr.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;N.Dak.;Ohio;Okla.;Pa.;R.I.;S.C.;S.Dak.;Tenn.;Tex.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.;Wis.
|reference=None
|publication title=Cent. Pl. I,
|publication year=1755
|special status=Endemic
|source xml=https://jpend@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-data-curation.git/src/f6b125a955440c0872999024f038d74684f65921/coarse_grained_fna_xml/V3/V3_137.xml
|genus=Clematis
|subgenus=Clematis subg. Clematis
|species=Clematis virginiana
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