Native Plants
Clematis texensis
Clematis texensis Buckley
Scarlet Clematis, Scarlet Leatherflower, Texas Clematis
Ranunculaceae (Buttercup Family)
USDA Symbol: CLTE2USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
Specimen & Label Data
Clematis texensis
Scarlet Leather-Flower
Ranunculaceae
Location: Medina River Ranch, Gate 10, both sides of entrance road.Latitude: 0.000000
Habitat: Half shaded by south side trees. Moist, alkaline, alluvial soil.
Description: Perennial vine trailing & clamboring, slender stemmed. Cauline leaves w/mostly 5 pairs of leaflets. Leaflets simple, 2-3 lobed, to 12 cm long, 1-2 loosely flowered. Infloresence not seen. Fruit w/achene tails plumose, 2.5 cm long.
County: Medina
Collector: Harry Cliffe
Collection Date: May 13, 1992
Specimen number: 413
Herbarium Owner: NPSOT
Herbarium ID: 0602
Accession Date: Nov 23, 1993
Accession Number: 44
Annotations: SCFXM