Family |
Ranunculaceae
Clematis flammula
L.
Clematis flammula L.
(Nouvelle Flore du Liban et de la Syrie, vol. 2, Pl. XXI nº 1; 1983)
Life-form & habit: Woody liana up to 10 m, climbing by means of its petioles; trunk with grey to blackish fibrous bark; branches ridged, green for a long time, glabrous except at the nodes.
Leaves: Mostly bi- to tripinnate, rarely simply pinnate; divisions long-petiolulate; leaflets oval to lanceolate (or linear in var. maritima), entire or 2–3-lobed, obtuse at base, tapering at apex; slightly hairy when young.
Inflorescence & flowers: Terminal and axillary paniculate cymes; flowers white, fragrant, 10–35 mm in diameter.
Sepals: 4, spreading, 4–18 mm long, white on both sides, pubescent externally, glabrous internally, with 3–7 nerves.
Stamens: Exceeding the sepals; anthers yellow.
Fruit: Brown achenes, compressed-ovate, sessile at base, abruptly narrowed at apex, with a feathery persistent style up to 2 cm long.
Phenology: Flowers from April to August.
Habitat & elevation: Hedgerows, woodlands, and bushes.
Lebanese distribution: Ct. Beirut, Nahr-el-Mott, Tripoli; Mi. ‘Abey, Jamhour, Deir-el-Qamar, ‘Amchit, Rayfoun, Bilhas; Mm. Ehden, Qannoubine.
Syrian distribution: Sud. Banias; NLatt. Kessab.
Native range: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Baleares, Bulgaria, Corse, France, Greece, Iran, Italy, Lebanon-Syria, Libya, Morocco, NW. Balkan Pen., Pakistan, Palestine, Portugal, Sardegna, Sicilia, Spain, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Türkey, Türkey-in-Europe. (KEW)
Introduced into: Azores, Canary Is., Czechia-Slovakia, Great Britain, Hungary, Krym, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, South Australia, Uzbekistan, Victoria. (KEW)