Clematis socialis

Kral

Rhodora 84: 287. 1982.

Common names: Alabama leather-flower
Conservation concernEndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.

Stems erect, not viny, 0.2-0.3 (-0.5) m, glabrous or slightly pubescent, arising from horizontal, branching rhizomes and forming patches. Leaves: proximal simple, blades unlobed or 2-3-lobed, distal blades 1-pinnate; leaflets and unlobed blades linear-elliptic to narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate, (3-) 4-12 (-15) × (0.3-) 0.5-1 (-1.5) cm, thin, not prominently reticulate; surfaces abaxially nearly glabrous to sparsely villous on veins, not glaucous. Inflorescences terminal, flowers solitary; bracts absent. Flowers narrowly urn-shaped; sepals uniformly violet-blue, oblong-lanceolate, 2-2.5 (-3) cm, margins narrowly expanded distally to about 1 mm wide, thin, crispate, proximally tomentose, tips spreading to recurved, acute to acuminate, abaxially sparsely puberulent. Achenes: bodies appressed-puberulent; beak 1.5-2.5 cm, appressed-puberulent.


Phenology: Flowering spring–fall.
Habitat: Openings in wet bottomland woods
Elevation: 200 m

Discussion

Of conservation concern.

Clematis socialis, the only species of Clematis subg. Viorna in the flora with horizontal, patch-forming rhizomes, is known only from three small populations in St. Clair and Cherokee counties south of Ashville, in northeastern Alabama.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.

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... more about "Clematis socialis"
flattened +
James S. Pringle +
cuneate +, truncate +  and cordate +
Undefined subg. Viorna +
curved +  and straight +
appressed-puberulent +
plumose +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
linear-elliptic;narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate +
scale-like;leaflike +
globose;cylindric +
Alabama leather-flower +
bracteate +  and 3-7-flowered +
paired +  and solitary +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
filiform +  and flattened +
bracteate +  and 3-7-flowered +
paired +  and solitary +
showy +  and inconspicuous +
urn--shaped +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
sessile +  and aggregate +
flattened-ellipsoid;terete;flattened-ellipsoid;terete;lenticular +
Openings in wet bottomland woods +
axillary +  and terminal +
2-pinnate +  and 1-pinnate +
cordate +  and orbiculate oblong lanceolate or oblanceolate lobed or unlobed +
12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (12 cm120 mm <br />0.12 m <br />) +
linear-elliptic +  and narrowly lanceolate or oblanceolate +
palmate +  and pinnate +
crispate +
expanded +
thin;wide +
1-many-flowered +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br />) +
distinct +
conspicuous +
spurred +, funnel--shaped +, cup-shaped +  and plane +
reduced +
Flowering spring–fall. +
5 +  and 150 +
not arillate +  and stalked +
2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
violet-blue +
not persistent +
distinct +
abaxially glabrous +  and silky hirsute or tomentose +
3 +  and 6 +
oblong-lanceolate +
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (2.5 cm25 mm <br />0.025 m <br />) +
Conservation concern +, Endemic +  and Illustrated +
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
arising +  and erect +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
20 cm200 mm <br />0.2 m <br /> (30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br />) +
persistent +
not glaucous;abaxially nearly glabrous;sparsely villous +
Clematis socialis +
Clematis subg. Viorna +
species +
spreading +  and recurved +
puberulent +
acute +  and acuminate +
annual +  and perennial +