Clematis tosaensis / Torigatahanshouduru

Wild plants in and around Shimane 島根とその周辺の野生植物
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Clematis tosaensis / Torigatahanshouduru トリガタハンショウヅル
Bloom time: April-May

Family:	Ranunculaceae / Kinpougeka		Species in the genus Clematis:
			Clematis apiifolia / Botanduru Clematis japonica / Hanshouduru Clematis patens / Kazaguruma Clematis stans / Kusabotan Clematis terniflora / Senninsou Clematis tosaensis / Torigatahanshouduru Clematis lasiandra / Takanehanshouduru Clematis lasiandra f. albescens / Shirobanatakanehanshouduru
		Clematis tosaensis / Torigatahanshouduru トリガタハンショウヅル

Clematis tosaensis, a deciduous climbing shrub with light purple-brown stems, inhabits forests or forest edges, having opposite, ternate compound leaves. Leaflets are oval to oval-lanceolate, 2-9cm long, 0.8-5cm wide, with sharp tips and cuneate to roundish bases with 1.5-10cm-long petioles and coarse serrations on margins. Flowers singly emerge from axils, bell-shaped, 1.5-3cm in diameter, open facing downward. Flowers lack petals; sepals are 4 in number, oblong, 2-3cm long, 0.4-1.2cm wide, yellow-white, with adpressed hairs on margins, tips, sharp or round, bend backward. Bloom time: April-May.

▲SPRING #4