Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Clematis Montana

Other names

Anemone Clematis, Mountain Clematis

Family

Ranunculaceae

Flowering season

May to June

English distribution

It is thinly scattered throughout the country but is mainly

absent from the far North.

See the BSBI distribution map for Himalayan Clematis

Habitat

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.

Description

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).