Clematis terniflora
Environmental Weed (2024)
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Lianes & Related Trailing Plants - Dicotyledons
Flower colours
White
Detailed description
Deciduous woody climber with weakly ribbed, more or less square stems. Leaves pinnate up to 25 by 20 cm, the leaflets are leathery, ovate and with entire margins. White flowers with 4 linear petals arranged like a cross are borne in profusion in Autumn.
Similar taxa
The cross-shaped white flowers and the entire margins on the leathery leaflets make this species distinctive
Habitat
Terrestrial. Bush margins, shrubland.
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Synonyms
Clematis maximowicziana Franch. & Sav.
Ecology
Flowering
April, May
Fruiting
May, June
Year naturalised
1988
Origin
Korea, China, Japan
Reason for introduction
Reason For Introduction
Life cycle and dispersal
Seed is dispersed by wind and humans.
Other information
Etymology
clematis: From the Greek klema ‘vine’, alluding to the vine-like habit of many species
Environmental Weed (2024)
This plant is named in a list of 386 environmental weeds in New Zealand 2024 prepared by DOC. 759 candidate species were considered for inclusion on this new comprehensive list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. The species considered were drawn from published lists of weed species, lists of plants that must be reported or managed by law if observed, existing national and regional programmes and agreements for pest management, and species already managed by the Department of Conservation (DOC). Candidate species were then assessed to see if they were fully naturalised and whether they have more than minor impacts in natural ecosystems. Read the full report here.