Clematis vitalba
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| Clematis vitalba | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Faimily: | Ranunculaceae |
| Genus: | Clematis |
| Species: | C. vitalba |
| Binomial name | |
| Clematis vitalba L. (1753)
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Clematis vitalba (kent as Auld man's beard an Traveller's Joy an aw) is a shrub o the Ranunculaceae faimily.
Description
[eedit | eedit soorce]Clematis vitalba is a climbin shrub wi branched, gruived stems, deciduous leaves, an scentit greeny-white flouers wi fluffy unnerlyin sepals. The mony fruits furmed in each inflorescence hae lang silky appendages which, seen thegither, gie the characteristic appearance o Auld Man's beard. The gruives alang the stems o C. vitalba can easily be felt when handlin the plant.
The flouers o this species are eaten bi the larvae o mochs includin The V-Pug an Double-striped Pug an the leaves bi Willow Beauty.
Range
[eedit | eedit soorce]C. vitalba has a preference for base rich alkaline soils an moist climate wi wairm simmers
Unitit Kingdom
[eedit | eedit soorce]In the UK it is a native plant an is and common throughoot Ingland sooth o a line frae the River Mersey an the River Humber. It commonly occurs in soothren, Eastren an northren Wales an aw. Ootside o these auries it is widely plantit an occurs as far north as the soothren hielands o Scotland.[1]
Uise
[eedit | eedit soorce]Clematis vitalba wis uised tae mak rope durin the Stone Age in Swisserland.[2] In Slovenie, the stems o the plant wur uised for weavin baskets for ingans an for bindin crops an aw.[3] It wis particularly uiseful for bindin sheaves o grain acause mice dae nae gnaw on it.[4]
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References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ New Atlas of the British and Irish Flora
- ↑ Johnson, Magnus. 2001. The genus Clematis. Södertälje: Magnus Johnsons Plantskola AB, p. 37.
- ↑ Petauer, Tomaž. 1993. Leksikon rastlinskih bogastev. Ljubljana: Tehniška založba Slovenije, p. 139.
- ↑ Kržan, Vanja. 2010. "Mi pa oznanjamo Kristusa, križanega (1 Kor 1,23)." Zaveza 42 (25 February). Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine (in Slovene)
Freemit airtins
[eedit | eedit soorce]- Global Invasive Species Database Archived 2012-03-19 at the Wayback Machine - Clematis vitalba
- Traveller's Joy Archived 2006-05-22 at the Wayback Machine at Bioimages.org
- Traveller's Joy bi Regional Burgas Museum Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine Clematis vitalba in Bulgarie
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