Clematis montana
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
Red/Pink
Detailed description
Deciduous woody climber with weakly ribbed more or less square stems. The leaves are trifoliate, sparsely hairy, to about 10 by 8 cm on 4-8 cm petiole. The leaflets are thin, lanceolate, coarsely serrate and often tinged red. Large showy pink flowers appear in early summer.
Similar taxa
Easily distinguished from other clematis by the large pink flowers.
Habitat
Terrestrial.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Ranunculaceae
Ecology
Flowering
October, November
Year naturalised
1968
Origin
Himalayas
Reason for introduction
Ornamental
Life cycle and dispersal
Reproducs vegetatively and by seed, at least some viable seed is produced in New Zealand. Dispersed by humans and wind.
Other information
Etymology
clematis: From the Greek klema ‘vine’, alluding to the vine-like habit of many species
montana: From the Latin mons ‘mountain’, meaning growing on mountains
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
CLEMON