Clematis fremontii S.Watson

  • 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 fremontii S.Watson

  • Description

    Species Description - Stems erect, 2–6 dm, simple or branched, villous or glabrate; lvs subsessile, lance-elliptic to broadly ovate, firm, reticulate, glabrescent in age, the larger ones mostly 7–13 × 4–9 cm; mature peduncles mostly 3–6 cm, shorter than the uppermost lvs; cal urceolate; sep lanceolate, long-acuminate, densely tomentose on the margins, otherwise glabrous or nearly so; achenes densely tomentose; mature style mostly 1.5–3 cm, tomentose (not plumose) below, glabrous above the middle; 2n=16. Barrens and prairies; e. and s. Mo.; disjunct in c. Kans. and adj. Neb. Apr., May.