Clematis cirrhosa

Clematis cirrhosa
Flowers
'Freckles' cultivar
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Clematis
Species:
C. cirrhosa
Binomial name
Clematis cirrhosa
L., 1753[1]
Subspecies

Clematis cirrhosa var. balearica (Balearic Islands)

Synonyms
  • Atragene balearica Pers.
  • Atragene cirrhosa Pers.
  • Cheiropsis balearica Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Cheiropsis cirrhosa Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Cheiropsis elegans Spach[2]
  • Cheiropsis semitriloba Bercht. & J.Presl
  • Clematis balearica Rich.
  • Clematis calycina Aiton
  • Clematis laeta Salisb.
  • Clematis pedicellata (DC.) Sweet
  • Clematis semitriloba Lag.

Clematis cirrhosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Ranunculaceae, native to the Mediterranean. It includes the 'Freckles', 'Wisley Cream' and 'Jingle Bells' cultivars, with 'Freckles' and 'Wisley Cream' having gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[3][4]

It is also one of 8 subdivisions in the Thorncroft Clematis catalogue, published in 2000.

  1. ^ L., Sp. Pl. 544. 1753
  2. ^ Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 261 1838
  3. ^ "Clematis cirrhosa var. purpurascens 'Freckles' (C) clematis 'Freckles'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Clematis cirrhosa 'Wisley Cream' (C) clematis 'Wisley Cream'". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.