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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- 9 cm long, 0.8- 5 cm wide, with sharp tips
and cuneate to roundish bases, with 1.5-10cm-long petioles and
coarse serrations on margins. Flowers emerge singly from the
axils, bell-shaped, 1.5- 3 cm in diameter, opening downward.
Flowers lack petals; sepals are 4, oblong, 2-3 cm long, 0.4-1.2
cm wide, yellow-white, with adpressed hairs on margin tips,
sharp or round, and bent backward. Bloom time: April-May.
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