Ranunculaceae FAMILY

Clematis grata

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

2/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Botanical Description

Clematis grata is a vigorous, deciduous climbing shrub with stems that can be 3 - 5 metres long or more. The plant scrambles into nearby vegetation, attaching itself by means of twining leaf petioles[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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 harvested from the wild for local use as a medicine and source of materials. It is sometimes grown as an ornamental[ 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. ].

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Himalayan regions from eastern Afghanistan through Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, China (Xizang) and Myanmar

HabitatForest margins, shrubberies, hedgerows and banks, growing on slopes, occasionally amongst riverside boulders or on stream banks; at elevations from 600 - 2,500 metres[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 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. ]