Himalayan Clematis

Himalayan Clematis on a wall, Lancaster

Pink sepals, cream stamens and anthers

Stamens and styles

Close-up of stigmas and anthers

Fruiting bodies

Elongated feathery styles in fruiting body

Ternate leaf
Clematis Montana
Anemone Clematis, Mountain Clematis
Ranunculaceae
May to June
It is thinly scattered throughout the country but is mainly
absent from the far North.
See the BSBI distribution map for Himalayan Clematis
It is a neophyte which was introduced to the UK in the
1830s and has been known in the wild since the late
1920s.
It is a common garden plant but is an uncommon escape.
It is naturalised on waste ground, brownfield sites, and
in relic gardens.
It grows over hedges, walls and up trees, and may
originate as a garden throw-out.
Himalayan Clematis is a robust, vigorous climber
growing up to 6m.
The flowers are up to 5cm across and made up of 4
pink petaloid sepals. The sepals start off as a blueish-
pink and fade to white.
There are numerous cream stamens and numerous
styles with creamy green, linear stigmas.
The styles elongate and become feathery in fruit.
The leaves have 3 toothed leaflets (ternate).
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