Clematis flammula L.

Spice Detail Flower Fruit In the field

Family: RANUNCULACEAE

Genus: Clematis

Catalan common name: Gesamí bord. Herba de llagues o de Job. Ridorta. Santjuaní. Vidauba. Vidriella.

Spanish common name: Gata rabiosa. Hierba muermera. Vidriera.

Province distribution: Alacant. Balearic Islands. Barcelona. Castelló. Girona. Lleida. Tarragona. València.

Distribution in the islands: Mallorca. Menorca. Ibiza.

General distribution (Phytogeography): North Mediterranean

Uses and properties: Medicinal.

IUCN Category: LCLeast concern

Flowering time: JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Life-forms: Phanerophyte.

Habitats: Oakforest. Hedges. Beaches and dunes, sandy soils. Wild olive trees and other sclerophyllous shrublands. Juniperus phoenicea subsp. turbinata forest. Pine wood and shrubland with rosemary and thyme garigue. Rocky surfaces and dry stone walls. Garriques, forest and walls, in dune sistems, too.

Characteristics: This is a very characteristic climbing plant in our forest systems and thickets; it flowers in summer and the flowers open their four white petals. It can be distinguished from Clematis cirrhosa by the time of flowering and because the leaves are made up of entire leaflets rather than dentate or lobulate ones, like in the other species.