Clematis glycinoides

Family Ranunculaceae

Long-lived woody climber to 2.5 m high, with extensive rootstock.

Flowers: Plants dioecious with male and female flowers on separate plants. Flowers white during September - October.

Fruit: Cluster of seeds.

Seed: Achene with long feathery plume. Wind-dispersed, November – December.

Gallery images: seed, seedling, rootstock, resprout

Ecology

• Habitat open woodland in gullies in well drained sites.
• Localised in woodland at the Australian Botanic Garden.
• Resprouts after fire from rootstock.

Recent observations

• Only male flowers recorded in September 2006, and a few female plants flowering in October 2006. Both male and  female flowers recorded on plants in cultivation.