Clematis recta L.

Species

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Clematis

Catalan common name: Bormera.

Spanish common name: Clemátide de hoja entera, Clemátide de montaña.

Province distribution: Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

General distribution (Phytogeography): Eurosiberian

Plants protected by law: País Valencià Catalogue.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Habitats: Hedges. River forests. Forest border. Riparian forests and the thorny thickets at their edges.

Characteristics: Perennial plant, non-climbing, glabrous. Stems up to 1,5 m, erect, woody, and hollow at the base. Leaves opposite, composed of entire, ovate-lanceolate leaflets, green on the upper side and glaucous beneath. Inflorescence with numerous flowers. Tepals 4-5(7), white, free, hairy on the margin and glabrous elsewhere. Stamens numerous. Fruit laterally compressed, with a plumose style up to 3,5 cm.