Clematis versicolor Small
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Ranunculaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Stems climbing; herbage glabrous, glaucous; lfls mostly 4 pairs, firm, strongly reticulate on both sides, ovate-oblong to cordate-ovate, often 2–3-lobed; cal urceolate; sep ovate-oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm, short-acuminate, bluish-lavender to reddish-purple, or whitish distally, densely tomentose on the margins, otherwise glabrous; style at anthesis densely hairy, at maturity 4–5 cm, densely long-plumose throughout; 2n=16. Dry, calcareous woods; chiefly Ozarkian, from s. Mo., Okla., and Ark. to Ky. and Tenn. June, July.