Clematis virginiana

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Species Distribution Map
Family:RANUNCULACEAE
Species:Clematis virginiana L.
Common Name:Virginia Virgin's Bower; Devil's Darning Needles
Habitat:**
Associated Ecological Communities:**
Growth Habit:Vine
Duration:Perennial
Category:Vascular
USDA Symbol:**
Plant Notes:Virginia Virgin's Bower is a native herbaceous vine in the Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae). It occurs throughout most of Alabama. Virginia Virgin's Bower grows along creeks and rivers, around ponds and lakes, in wet roadside ditches, in low woods, and in disturbed habitats. It is a perennial vine up to 20 feet in length. The lower portions of the vine may become woods. The vine climbs by twining. Young stems are green in color, angles, and pubescent. Leaves are opposite and 3-foliate. The leaflets are ovate to lanceolate in outline, toothed, and pubescent on the lower surface. The fragrant flowers are produced in axillary compound cymes. Individual flowers are unisexual. Each flower has 4 white sepals and no petals. Each staminate flower has 30-50 pale yellow stamens. Each pistillate flower has 40-70 greenish pistils. The fruit is a cluster of achenes. Each achene has a hairy beak. The foliage of Virginia Virgin's Bower is toxic, and it is usually avoided by deer and other herbivores. Virginia Virgin's Bower is available from some native plant nurseries. It prefers a moist or wet soil in partial to full sun. Plants will need a trellis or other support to climb over. Plants should be pruned back heavily in the fall, as flowers occur on new growth. Virginia Virgin's Bower can spread aggressively in the garden from seed.--A. Diamond
Taxonomic Notes:**
Status:Native, FAC+ (NWI)
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Classification

FamilyRANUNCULACEAE - Buttercup/Crowfoot family
Genus Clematis
Species Clematis virginiana L. - Virginia Virgin's Bower; Devil's Darning Needles

Citation

Citation Clematis virginiana Linnaeus, Cent. Pl. I 15. 1755.
Basionym: **
Type: USA: PENNSYLVANIA: Without data, Kalm (?) s.n. (lectotype: UPS). Lectotypified by Essig & C.E. Jarvis, Taxon 38: 277. 1989.

** Not applicable or data not available.

Synonyms

SynonymFull CitationBasionymType
Clematis canadensis Clematis canadensis Miller, Gard. Dict., ed. 8. 1768.  
Clematis dioica subsp. virginiana Clematis dioica Linnaeus, subsp. virginiana (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 26: 102. 1885.Clematis virginiana Linnaeus 1755. 
Clematis fragrans Clematis fragrans Salisbury, Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 371. 1796, nom. illegit.Clematis virginiana Linnaeus 1755. 
Clematis holosericea Clematis holosericea Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. 384. 1814. SOUTH CAROLINA: Without data, Walter s.n. (holotype: BM).
Clematis missouriensis Clematis missouriensis Rydberg, in Britton, Man. Fl. N. States 421. 1901. NEBRASKA: Lancaster Co.: Lincoln, Sep 1886, Webber s.n. (lectotype: NY). Lectotypified by Essig, Sida 14: 65. 1990.
Clematis virginiana var. bracteata Clematis virginiana Linnaeus, var. bracteata (Moench) de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 4. 1824.Clematis bracteata Moench 1802. 
Clematis virginiana var. missouriensis Clematis virginiana Linnaeus, var. missouriensis (Rydberg) E. J. Palmer & Steyermark, Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 542. 1935.Clematis missouriensis Rydberg 1901. 
Clematitis bracteata Clematitis bracteata Moench, Suppl. Meth. 103. 1802.  
Clematitis cordifolia Clematitis cordifolia Moench, Suppl. Meth. 104. 1802, nom. illegit.Clematis virginiana Linnaeus 1755. 
Clematitis virginiana Clematitis virginiana (Linnaeus) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 2. 1891.Clematis virginiana Linnaeus 1755. 
Clematitis virginiana var. genuina Clematitis virginiana Linnaeus, var. genuina Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 2. 1891, nom. inadmiss.Clematitis virginiana (Linnaeus) Kuntze 1891; Clematis virginiana Linnaeus 1755. 

Specimens and Distribution

This species has been reported in the following counties by the herbaria listed. An overview of the individual specimens are provided in the table that follows. Click on the accession number to view details; click on column headers to sort; choose a county or herbaria to filter the specimen data.

Counties included on distribution map: Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Blount, Bullock, Butler, Calhoun, Chilton, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Cleburne, Coffee, Colbert, Conecuh, Covington, Crenshaw, Dale, Dallas, Elmore, Etowah, Hale, Houston, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Madison, Marengo, Marshall, Monroe, Morgan, Perry, Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tallapoosa, Wilcox

Counties represented by specimen data listed below:

Herbaria represented by specimen data listed below: ALNHS, AUA, JSU, TROY, UNA, UWAL

Range of years during which specimens were collected: 1952 - 1994

Barcode / Accession No. County Coll. Date Collector &
Collection No.		 Herbarium &
Herbarium Name Used		 Image
AUA_ACC_51681 Coffee 6 Oct 1989 Diamond, Alvin R.
6471		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00030308 Bibb 16 Sep 1985 Horn, Charles N.
936		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
UWAL0030665 Covington 05 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26784.1		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00051098 Perry 27 Aug 1994 Birk, Michelle
157		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
UWAL0003579 Dale 26 Aug 1980 Kral, Robert
66349		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
TROY000022633 Crenshaw 30 Aug 2008 Diamond, Alvin R.
19871		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_46742 Lowndes 23 Aug 1987 Diamond, Alvin R.
3551		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00050029 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 Lawler, C.L.
902		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
TROY000008136 Pike 18 Apr 1989 Rutledge, Rachel
s.n.		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_53554 Pike 3 Sep 1994 Diamond, Alvin R.
9344		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00030387 Chilton 24 Sep 1976 Haynes, Robert R.
5957		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
UWAL0019321 Pickens 22 Aug 2014 Keener, Brian R.
8561		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
UNA00073370 Marengo 27 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
961		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_34198 Shelby 18 Aug 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1836		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128123 Calhoun 7 Sep 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
1127		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000036025 Conecuh 21 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23528		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_64154 Randolph 19 Aug 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2748		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_64007 Pike 23 Sep 2004 Hansen, Curtis J.
1669		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128141 Randolph 19 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2748		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_61732 Russell 30 Oct 2001 Gil, Glenda
2001-49		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128136 Monroe 12 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18451		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_40017 Pike 23 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UWAL0047236 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1214		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_41088 Jackson 27 Aug 1970 Kral, Robert
40714		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00054094 Blount 15 Aug 1998 Keener, Brian R.
1473		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
JSU128131 Etowah 6 May 1996 Hodge-Spaulding, Lesley M.
4468		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_27876 Talladega 28 Aug 1975 Rutland, David W.
983		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128134 Jefferson 17 Oct 1975 Radford, Albert E.
s.n.		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000022436 Colbert 06 Nov 1980 Kral, Robert
66565		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU128129 Clay 23 Aug 1992 Ballard, J. Mark
543		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00022788 Dallas 03 Aug 1993 Haynes, Chris G.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_19980 Hale 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
910		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
TROY000047789 Autauga 07 Sep 2017 Parker, Matthew R.
1214		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_44300 Monroe 2 Sep 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2798		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128140 Randolph 17 Aug 1988 Nixon, Christopher F.
4159		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000008134 Dale 03 Jun 1998 Rundell, Hannelore
578		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0037407 Bullock 18 Aug 2016 Soehren, Eric C.
394		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
TROY000008135 Dale 06 Sep 1999 Prazinko, Brian F.
s.n.		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0011895 Hale 30 Aug 2012 Keener, Brian R.
7470		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_61923 Choctaw 14 Sep 1995 Crouch, Virginia E.
1505		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128137 Morgan 5 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3454		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0052167 Sumter 28 Oct 2018 Keener, Brian R.
10955		 UWAL
Clematis virgniana L.
TROY000031191 Hale 08 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
910		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_22930 Lee 10 Oct 1971 Harper, Douglas
44		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128126 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
267		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000033769 Butler 03 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22492		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU128143 Talladega 15 Oct 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
5274		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00022807 Dallas 21 Aug 1993 Haynes, Chris G.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_19682 Autauga 7 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
826		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
TROY000043183 Covington 05 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26784A		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU143061 St. Clair 13 Oct 1984 Nixon, Christopher F.
981		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000008132 Coffee 01 Sep 1999 Martin, Brian H.
178		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0038091 Chilton 03 Sep 2017 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14983		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
TROY000022973 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96824		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_26839 Tallapoosa 12 Aug 1974 Hutto, T.A.
476		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_34662 Butler 28 Aug 1979 Crawford, Lloyd C.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128135 Marshall 9 Sep 1991 Spaulding, Daniel D.
861		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000033819 Houston 08 Oct 2011 Senn, Whitney
87		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_35055 Jefferson 9 Aug 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1782		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
TROY000022632 Marengo 27 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
961		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_43415 Conecuh 27 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1597		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128139 Morgan 5 Aug 1974 Atkinson, Tim A.
532		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00013772 Autauga _ Jul _ Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
UWAL0003580 Marengo 27 Aug 2008 England, J. Kevin
961		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
UNA00030397 Hale 07 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_59025 Crenshaw 8 Nov 1998 Diamond, Alvin R.
11538		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00017101 Hale 30 Sep 1969 Thomas, Joab L.
2441		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
JSU128120 Bibb 13 May 1983 Nixon, Christopher F.
504		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00013771 Autauga s.d. Smith, Eugene A.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
UWAL0051940 Madison 04 Oct 2020 England, J. Kevin
11243		 UWAL
Clematis virgniana L.
TROY000022438 Jackson 16 Aug 1980 Kral, Robert
66109		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_48966 Coffee 24 Aug 1988 Diamond, Alvin R.
5388		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_35212 Butler 10 Sep 1975 Crawford, Lloyd C.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00045963 Randolph 19 Aug 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2748		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
TROY000033588 Barbour 27 Aug 2011 Ryan, Lauren
41		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_33354 Perry 8 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
592		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
TROY000008137 Wilcox 09 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16870		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0031036 Cleburne 30 Aug 2014 Spaulding, Daniel D.
14110		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
UNA00046140 Houston 22 Oct 1994 MacDonald, John R.
8097		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
UWAL0010040 Butler 03 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22492		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00030309 Hale 07 Sep 1952 Chermock, Ralph L.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
TROY000044625 Autauga 01 Sep 2016 Parker, Matthew R.
49		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_19726 Choctaw 8 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
978		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_44291 Wilcox 2 Sep 1986 Diamond, Alvin R.
2846		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU143060 Randolph 19 Aug 1986 Nixon, Christopher F.
2758		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU128133 Jackson 31 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7445		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000022437 Elmore 04 Sep 2004 Pruitt, Vanessa M.
23		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_40019 Butler 23 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UWAL0036087 Blount 19 May 2015 Anderson, Kelly
869		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_13930 Macon 10 Aug 1967 Eichlin, Thomas D.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128138 Morgan 5 Aug 1974 Whetstone, R. David
3454		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0031985 Houston 03 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
29782		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_29636 Cleburne 11 Sep 1975 Rutland, David W.
1544		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128125 Choctaw 13 Sep 1997 Higginbotham, Jerri W.
307		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000042823 Houston 03 Sep 2015 Diamond, Alvin R.
26782		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU128142 Talladega 2 Sep 1994 Ballard, J. Mark
4849		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00022799 Dallas 21 Aug 1993 Haynes, Chris G.
s.n.		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_64140 Randolph 2 Aug 1986 Nixon, C.F.
2587		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_19208 Monroe 10 Sep 1970 Moore, Harold D.
1107		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128127 Clarke 13 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18829		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA000040151 Colbert 20 Aug 2014 Barger, T. Wayne
FH533		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00066022 Wilcox 09 Sep 2006 Diamond, Alvin R.
16870		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_40015 Conecuh 23 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128122 Calhoun 7 Oct 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
500		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_58551 Lee 26 Mar 1989 Walters, N.K.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
TROY000036242 Bullock 14 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1260		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU128130 Cleburne 6 Sep 1994 Hruska, Susan E.
331		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA000042587 Monroe 5 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-399		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
UNA00031726 Jackson 18 Aug 1988 Burckhalter, Robert
1474		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_33474 Bibb 16 Sep 1976 Sessler, Ann H.
733		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128132 Jackson 30 Aug 1997 Ballard, J. Mark
7410		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
ALNHS00006679 Elmore 29 Aug 2019 Barger, T. Wayne
SP#4851		 ALNHS
Clematis virginiana L.
JSU156444 Shelby 12 Oct 1996 Spaulding, Daniel D.
9305		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0015100 Conecuh 21 Oct 2012 Diamond, Alvin R.
23528		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
JSU128128 Clarke 14 Sep 1997 Whetstone, R. David
18890		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0003578 Cleburne 17 Sep 2005 Kral, Robert
96824		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana L.
ALNHS00000702 Monroe 05 Oct 2011 Barger, T. Wayne
RH-399		 ALNHS
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_40018 Crenshaw 23 Aug 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
S.N.		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU146264 Cleburne 10 Oct 1996 Hutchinson, Francine
2421		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0013909 Bullock 14 Sep 2012 Dykes, Bailee
1260		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000008133 Dale 26 Aug 1980 Kral, Robert
66349		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
AUA_ACC_43413 Monroe 3 Sep 1985 Diamond, Alvin R.
1742		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128121 Bibb 25 Sep 1982 Whetstone, R. David
12542		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UWAL0008072 Butler 08 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22504		 UWAL
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
UNA00030319 Hale 27 Sep 1985 Burckhalter, Robert
430		 UNA
Clematis virginiana L.
AUA_ACC_34186 Jefferson 18 Aug 1977 Sessler, Ann H.
1816		 AUA
Clematis Virginiana L.
JSU128124 Calhoun 30 Jul 1986 Lawler, Carol L.
902		 JSU
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
TROY000032920 Butler 08 Sep 2011 Diamond, Alvin R.
22504		 TROY
Clematis virginiana Linnaeus
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