Clematis apiifolia is a liana plant, inhabiting sunny forest
edges in fields and mountains, creeping up adjacent plants, growing
on or over them, sometimes hanging from their branches. Leaves are
of a ternate compound leaf; leaflets are 3.5-7cm-long broad-oval,
with sharp tips and uneven margins. Flowers set themselves many at
axils; sepals, 4 in number, are petal-like, open crosswise, and
sometimes bend backward. Bloom time: August-September. |