Clematis viticella
Clematis viticella | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Ranunculales |
Family: | Ranunculaceae |
Genus: | Clematis |
Species: | C. viticella
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Binomial name | |
Clematis viticella |
Clematis viticella, the Italian leather flower,[1] purple clematis,[2] or Virgin's bower, is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae, native to Europe. This deciduous climber was the first clematis imported into English gardens, where it was already being grown in 1569 by Hugh Morgan, apothecary to Elizabeth I.[3] By 1597, when it was already being called "Virgin's Bower", there were two varieties in English gardens, a blue (actually a purple-blue) and a red.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Clematis viticella". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ BSBI List 2007 (xls). Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland. Archived from the original (xls) on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2014-10-17.
- ^ Alice M. Coats, Garden Shrubs and their Histories (1964) 1992, s.v. "Clematis".
- ^ Centuries later, the red C. viticella was a parent of the best-known hybrid clematis, Clematis × jackmanii (Coats [1964] 1992).
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2012-06-21.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Categories:
- Clematis
- Flora of Europe
- Plants described in 1753
- Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus
- Ranunculales stubs