Ranunculaceae FAMILY

Clematis orientalis

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

Although no reports of toxicity have been seen for this species, some if not all members of this genus are mildly poisonous. The toxic principle is dissipated by heat or by drying[ 65 Title A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants. Publication Author Frohne. D. and Pfänder. J. Publisher Wolfe Year 1984 ISBN 0723408394 Description Brilliant. Goes into technical details but in a very readable way. The best work on the subject that I've come across so far. ].

Botanical Description

Clematis orientalis is a deciduous climbing or scrambling plant often only growing around 2 - 3 metres tall, though sometimes reaching up to 8 metres. The plant scrambles over the ground, climbing into the surrounding vegetation where it ataches itself by means of twining leafstems[ 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. It is often grown as an ornamental, where it can be used to make an efective ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeEurasia - Turkey and Ukraine east to northwest China, Pakistan and western Himalayas

HabitatHot dry valleys, especially on rocks by rivers, and in scrub to 3000 metres[ 184 Title Shrubs. Publication Author Phillips. R. & Rix. M. Publisher Pan Books Year 1989 ISBN 0-330-30258-2 Description Excellent photographs and a terse description of 1,900 species and cultivars. ]. River banks, riparian forests, scrub gullies, slopes and sand depressions in semi-desert and desert zones[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ].