View source for Clematis viorna

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|accepted_name=Clematis viorna
|accepted_authority=Linnaeus
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Sp. Pl.
|place=1: 543. 1753
|year=1753
}}
|common_names=Leather-flower
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Selected by author to be illustrated
}}
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Clematis beadlei
|authority=(Small) R. O. Erickson
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Clematis viorna var. flaccida
|authority=(Small ex Rydberg) R. O. Erickson
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viorna beadlei
|authority=(Small ex Rydberg) Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viorna flaccida
|authority=Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viorna gattingeri
|authority=(Linnaeus) Small
}}{{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Viorna viorna
|authority=unknown
}}
|hierarchy=Ranunculaceae;Clematis;Clematis subg. Viorna;Clematis viorna
|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. Viorna]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Clematis viorna]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>viny, to 4 m, without cobwebby pubescence, nearly glabrous, or moderately pilose-pubescent proximal to nodes. <b>Leaf</b> blade mostly 1-pinnate, some simple; leaflets usually 4-8 plus additional tendril-like terminal leaflet, lanceolate to ovate, unlobed or 2-3-lobed, or most proximal 3-foliolate, 2-12 × 1-5(-6) cm, thin, not conspicuously reticulate; surfaces abaxially sparsely to densely pilose, not glaucous. <b>Inflorescences</b> axillary, 1-7-flowered; bracts well above base of peduncle/pedicel. <b>Flowers</b> broadly urn-shaped to bell-shaped; sepals pale lavender to reddish purple, grading to cream-yellow toward tip, ovate-lanceolate, 1.5-3 cm, margins not expanded, very thick, not crispate, tomentose, tips acuminate, recurved, abaxially sparsely to densely pubescent. <b>Achenes</b>: bodies silky-pubescent; beak 2.5-6 cm, plumose. <b>2n</b> = 16.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Wooded cliffs and stream banks
|elevation=0-1400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p>Formerly Clematis viorna was locally naturalized near Guelph, Ontario; no recent reports are known. D.S. Correll and M.C. Johnston (1970) mention "a report of a specimen" from Texas; neither the specimen nor further details have been located.</p><!--
--><p>The Fox Indians prepared a drink from the roots of Clematis viorna to use medicinally as a panacea (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Clematis viorna
|author=
|authority=Linnaeus
|rank=species
|parent rank=subgenus
|synonyms=Clematis beadlei;Clematis viorna var. flaccida;Viorna beadlei;Viorna flaccida;Viorna gattingeri;Viorna viorna
|basionyms=
|family=Ranunculaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring–summer.
|habitat=Wooded cliffs and stream banks
|elevation=0-1400 m
|distribution=Ala.;Ark.;Del.;D.C.;Ga.;Ill.;Ind.;Ky.;Md.;Miss.;Mo.;N.C.;Ohio;Pa.;S.C.;Tenn.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Sp. Pl.
|publication year=1753
|special status=Endemic;Selected by author to be illustrated
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|genus=Clematis
|subgenus=Clematis subg. Viorna
|species=Clematis viorna
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