Clematis terniflora DC.

• Authority

  Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.

• Family

  Ranunculaceae

• Scientific Name

  Clematis terniflora DC.

• Description

  Species Description - Stem climbing, 2–3 m; herbage glabrous; lfls mostly 5, ± coriaceous, triangular-ovate to broadly ovate, obtuse to acuminate, entire or rarely with an entire lobe, rounded to cordate at the base, the terminal one long-stalked; fls numerous, white, 2–3 cm wide; sep densely pubescent along the margins and on the back; achenes glabrous or minutely appressed-hairy, 8 mm; mature style plumose, 2–3 cm; 2n=16, 48, 64. Native of Japan, commonly cult. and often escaped. July–Sept. (C. dioscoreifolia; C. maximowicziana; C. paniculata Thunb., not J. F. Gmel.)

• Common Names

  yam-leaved clematis