Ranunculaceae FAMILY

Clematis flammula

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

All parts of the plant are poisonous, the toxic principle is dissipated by heat or by drying[ 65 Title A Colour Atlas of Poisonous Plants. Publication Author Frohne. D. and Pfänder. J. Publisher Wolfe Year 1984 ISBN 0723408394 Description Brilliant. Goes into technical details but in a very readable way. The best work on the subject that I've come across so far. ].

Botanical Description

Clematis flammula is a vigorous, deciduous climbing plant with woody stems growing up to 5 metres tall. The stems branch freely, the plant forming dense entanglements[ 273 Title Clematis - The Genus Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. Publisher B. T. Batsford. London. Year 2000 ISBN 0-7134-7659-1 Description An excellent and well illustrated concise guide to all the known specis of Clematis. ]. The plant is possibly harvested from the wild for local use as a food. It is often grown as an ornamental, valued especially for its exuberant show of scented flowers in late summer and early autumn. With its branching, scrambling habit the plant also makes an effective ground cover.

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeThroughout the Mediterranean region, east to Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan

HabitatBushy places, hedgerows, thickets, rocky hill slopes and waste places, sometimes sprawling down banks or on rocks, or growing on old walls[ 89 Title Flowers of the Mediterranean. Publication Author Polunin. O. and Huxley. A. Publisher Hogarth Press Year 1987 ISBN 0-7012-0784-1 Description A very readable pocket flora that is well illustrated. Gives some information on plant uses. , 273 Title Clematis - The Genus Publication Author Grey-Wilson. C. Publisher B. T. Batsford. London. Year 2000 ISBN 0-7134-7659-1 Description An excellent and well illustrated concise guide to all the known specis of Clematis. ].