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Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals.The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of old man's beard.
Atkinson. I.A.E., (1984). Distribution and potential range of old man's beard, Clematis vitalba, in New Zealand. In: The Clematis vitalba threat pp. 6–24. Information series 11, NZ Dept. of Lands and Survey, Wellington. Hill, R. L.; R. Wittenberg; A. H. Gourlay (2001). "Biology and Host Range of Phytomyza vitalbae and its Establishment for ...
Large, dark purple clematis flower with white finger stamens in sunlight Purple clematis Clematis armandii Clematis 'Multi Blue' Clematis florida C. montana Flowers of C. vitalba Seed heads of C. vitalba growing in a hedge, showing why it is known colloquially as "old man's beard" Achenes Fruits of C. dioica in Guanacaste, Costa Rica C ...
Chionanthus virginicus, a tree, which is used like a medicinal plant and ornamental plant. Clematis aristata, an Australian climbing plant. Clematis vitalba, a climbing plant. Tillandsia usneoides, "Spanish moss" - a bromeliad. Usnea, a genus of lichen
Clematis ligusticifolia is a climbing, spreading vine with showy flowers. It is also known as old-man's beard , yerba de chiva , and virgin's bower , (though old-man's beard may also refer to C. vitalba , and virgin's bower may also refer to C. lasiantha ).
Over 70 species and cultivars of clematis currently (2016) [1] possess the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit, reflecting this plant's continued popularity in gardens in the United Kingdom. Clematis is a genus of woody based perennials, mostly climbers with a twining habit, though some are grown as groundcover or as herbaceous ...
The following species in the flowering plant genus Clematis are accepted by Plants of the World Online. [1] Although the genus is currently most diverse in warm temperate regions and mountainous habitats, molecular evidence suggests that this is of recent origin, and earlier diversification occurred in more tropical climes.
Calophoma clematidina is a fungal plant pathogen and the most common cause of the disease clematis wilt affecting large-flowered varieties of Clematis. Symptoms of infection include leaf spotting, wilting of leaves, stems or the whole plant and internal blackening of the stem, often at soil level.