Wildflowers Identified: Purple Clematis/Purple Virgins-Bower
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Purple Clematis/Purple Virgins-Bower has these characteristics:
- 4 petals
- several flowers on stem
- 1 to 2 inches flower width
- 2 inches or more flower width
- blue to purple flower color
- blooms in May
- blooms in June
- plant height two feet or more
- leaf petiole present (has a leafstalk)
- opposite one another leaf arrangement on the stem
- leaf edge has at least 4 teeth per inch
- irregular leaf edge
- branched leaf veins
- compound leaves are trifoliate - three leaflets radiating from a point
- stem creeps or twines
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Eric Haines,
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