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Clematis catesbyana Pursh  
Family: Ranunculaceae
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James S. Pringle in Flora of North America (vol. 3)
Stems climbing, 3-6 m. Leaf blade pinnate or 2-ternate, 5-9-foliolate, membranous; leaflets ovate to lanceolate, largest 4-9 × 2.5-9 cm, surfaces abaxially sparsely to densely pilose, adaxially glabrate; proximal and lateral leaflets typically 3-cleft, unlobed or few-lobed, margins coarsely toothed or entire, surfaces sparsely pubescent or nearly glabrous; ultimate venation conspicuous. Inflorescences axillary, 3-many-flowered simple to compound panicles with central axis. Flowers unisexual; pedicel slender, 11-13 mm, to 2 cm in fruit; sepals wide-spreading, not recurved, white to cream, oblong or obovate to oblanceolate, 6-14 × 2-5 mm, abaxially densely white-hairy, adaxially sparsely white-hairy; stamens ca. 30-50; staminodes absent or fewer than stamens; pistils 18-35. Achenes ovate, ca. 3.5 × 1.5 mm, conspicuously rimmed, sparsely short hairy; beak 2.5-3.5 cm. Flowering spring-summer (May-Jul). Disturbed or open, well-drained sites, frequently on limestone outcrops, coastal sands; 0-1200 m; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Kans., Ky., La., Miss., Mo., N.C., Okla., S.C., Tenn., Va., W.Va.
Vascular plants of NE US and adjacent Canada
Much like C. virginiana, but the lvs 5-foliolate or biternate, lfls 3-6 cm, usually 3-lobed or entire; peduncles mostly 3.5-8 cm; sep linear to obovate; achenes reddish or purplish-brown to dark blackish-purple. Moist soil; Va. to Fla., w. to Ky. and Ark. July, Aug. (C. micrantha; C. ligusticifolia, a more western sp., the name sometimes misapplied here)

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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