Seasonal Wild Flowers

Latin name

Clematis tangutica

Family

Ranunculaceae

Flowering season

July to August

English distribution

It is grown throughout the country as a garden plant.

The escape is scattered throughout the country..

See the BSBI distribution map for Orange-peel Clematis

Habitat

It is a neophyte introduced into the UK in the late 1890s

and known in the wild since the 1960s.

It grows on waste land, tips, dunes, quarries, brownfield

sites and reklc gardens.

Description

Orange-peel Clematis is a deciduous, climber growing

up to 4m.

Flower are up to 5cm, single and on long, wavy stems

originating in leaf axils.

Flower buds are yellow and bell-shaped.

Flowers are made up of 4 bright yellow, petaloid sepals.

There are numerous purple stamens and anthers with

pale stripes.

There are numerous styles with yellow, linear stigmas.

The styles elongate and become feathery in fruit.

Leaves are pinnate with toothed, spear-shaped leaflets.