Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Clematis
5. Clematis gracilifolia Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 1: 331. 1913.
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Vines woody. Branches shallowly 4--6-grooved; appressed puberulous; glabrescent. Leaves usually pinnate; 5-foliolate; rarely ternate; petiole 1.5--7.5 cm; leaflet blades ovate; narrowly ovate; broadly ovate; or obovate; 0.5--3.5 x 0.3--3 cm; thin papery; undivided or 3-lobed or rarely 2- or 3-parted or -sect; both surfaces sparsely puberulous; base cuneate to rounded; margin sparsely serrate to denticulate; apex acute; basal veins nearly flat. Flowers 1--5 borne together with several leaves from axillary buds of old branches; 1.5--6.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 2--6(--8) cm; sparsely puberulous. Sepals 4; white or abaxially tinged pinkish; spreading; obovate; 0.7--3.2 x 0.4--2 cm; abaxially puberulous; adaxially glabrous; apex rounded. Stamens 5.5--14 mm; glabrous; anthers narrowly oblong; 1.6--3.2 mm; apex obtuse. Ovaries glabrous or rarely puberulous. Style 5--7 mm; densely villous. Achenes broadly ovate; 4--4.5 x 3.2--3.8 mm; glabrous or rarely puberulous; persistent style 1.5--2.2 cm; plumose. Fl. Apr--Jun; fr. Jun--Oct.
* Forests; slopes; scrub; along streams; 2000--4000 m. S Gansu; W Sichuan; E to SE Xizang; NW Yunnan.
5a. Clematis gracilifolia var. gracilifolia
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Clematis gracilifolia var. pentaphylla (Maximowicz) W. T. Wang; C. gracilifolia var. trifoliata M. F. Johnson; C. montana Buchanan-Hamilton ex de Candolle var. pentaphylla Maximowicz.
Leaflet blades undivided or 3-lobed. Flowers 2--3.5 cm in diam. Ovaries and achenes glabrous. Fl. Apr--Jun; fr. Jun--Oct.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Clematis
5. Clematis gracilifolia Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 1: 331. 1913.
????? bao ye tie xian lian
Vines woody. Branches shallowly 4--6-grooved; appressed puberulous; glabrescent. Leaves usually pinnate; 5-foliolate; rarely ternate; petiole 1.5--7.5 cm; leaflet blades ovate; narrowly ovate; broadly ovate; or obovate; 0.5--3.5 x 0.3--3 cm; thin papery; undivided or 3-lobed or rarely 2- or 3-parted or -sect; both surfaces sparsely puberulous; base cuneate to rounded; margin sparsely serrate to denticulate; apex acute; basal veins nearly flat. Flowers 1--5 borne together with several leaves from axillary buds of old branches; 1.5--6.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 2--6(--8) cm; sparsely puberulous. Sepals 4; white or abaxially tinged pinkish; spreading; obovate; 0.7--3.2 x 0.4--2 cm; abaxially puberulous; adaxially glabrous; apex rounded. Stamens 5.5--14 mm; glabrous; anthers narrowly oblong; 1.6--3.2 mm; apex obtuse. Ovaries glabrous or rarely puberulous. Style 5--7 mm; densely villous. Achenes broadly ovate; 4--4.5 x 3.2--3.8 mm; glabrous or rarely puberulous; persistent style 1.5--2.2 cm; plumose. Fl. Apr--Jun; fr. Jun--Oct.
* Forests; slopes; scrub; along streams; 2000--4000 m. S Gansu; W Sichuan; E to SE Xizang; NW Yunnan.
5a. Clematis gracilifolia var. gracilifolia
?????(???) bao ye tie xian lian (yuan bian zhong)
Clematis gracilifolia var. pentaphylla (Maximowicz) W. T. Wang; C. gracilifolia var. trifoliata M. F. Johnson; C. montana Buchanan-Hamilton ex de Candolle var. pentaphylla Maximowicz.
Leaflet blades undivided or 3-lobed. Flowers 2--3.5 cm in diam. Ovaries and achenes glabrous. Fl. Apr--Jun; fr. Jun--Oct.
Vasilis Teodoridis:
Ranunculaceae | Clematis
5. Clematis gracilifolia Rehder & E. H. Wilson in Sargent; Pl. Wilson. 1: 331. 1913.
????? bao ye tie xian lian
Vines woody. Branches shallowly 4--6-grooved; appressed puberulous; glabrescent. Leaves usually pinnate; 5-foliolate; rarely ternate; petiole 1.5--7.5 cm; leaflet blades ovate; narrowly ovate; broadly ovate; or obovate; 0.5--3.5 x 0.3--3 cm; thin papery; undivided or 3-lobed or rarely 2- or 3-parted or -sect; both surfaces sparsely puberulous; base cuneate to rounded; margin sparsely serrate to denticulate; apex acute; basal veins nearly flat. Flowers 1--5 borne together with several leaves from axillary buds of old branches; 1.5--6.5 cm in diam. Pedicel 2--6(--8) cm; sparsely puberulous. Sepals 4; white or abaxially tinged pinkish; spreading; obovate; 0.7--3.2 x 0.4--2 cm; abaxially puberulous; adaxially glabrous; apex rounded. Stamens 5.5--14 mm; glabrous; anthers narrowly oblong; 1.6--3.2 mm; apex obtuse. Ovaries glabrous or rarely puberulous. Style 5--7 mm; densely villous. Achenes broadly ovate; 4--4.5 x 3.2--3.8 mm; glabrous or rarely puberulous; persistent style 1.5--2.2 cm; plumose. Fl. Apr--Jun; fr. Jun--Oct.
* Forests; slopes; scrub; along streams; 2000--4000 m. S Gansu; W Sichuan; E to SE Xizang; NW Yunnan.
5a. Clematis gracilifolia var. gracilifolia
?????(???) bao ye tie xian lian (yuan bian zhong)
Clematis gracilifolia var. pentaphylla (Maximowicz) W. T. Wang; C. gracilifolia var. trifoliata M. F. Johnson; C. montana Buchanan-Hamilton ex de Candolle var. pentaphylla Maximowicz.
Leaflet blades undivided or 3-lobed. Flowers 2--3.5 cm in diam. Ovaries and achenes glabrous. Fl. Apr--Jun; fr. Jun--Oct.