Ranunculaceae FAMILY

Clematis montana

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clematis montana is a vigorous, deciduous climbing plant with woody stems that can be 12 metres or more long, but are often only 5 - 6 metres. The plant can scramble ovr the ground, growing into nearby vegetation where it attaches itself by means of twining leafstalks[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 273 Title Clematis - The Genus Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. Publisher B. T. Batsford. London. Year 2000 ISBN 0-7134-7659-1 Description An excellent and well illustrated concise guide to all the known specis of Clematis. ]. The plant is harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of material. It is very commonly grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its flowering display in the spring. There are many named forms.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions of Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar; also mountainous regions of SE China

HabitatForests, forest margins, slopes, scrub, along streams; at elevations from 1,000 - 4,000 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].