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Scientific Name : Clematis glycinoides
Common Name : Forest clematis
Height : Climbing Up to 15 metres
Description : A Dioecious woody climber, often flowering high in forest canopy, but also commonly flowering near ground level. Leaves Opposite, Ternate with Leaflets Ovate, glossy and with Entire margins 30 to 80 mm by 10 to 55 mm. Flowers in short Panicles, unisexual. Sepals 4, looking like Petals, white strap-shaped 15 to 25 mm long. Male flowers with numerous Stamens, with Anthers 2 to 3.5 mm long, each with an appendage 0.5 mm long. Fruit are numerous Achenes, each with a feathery Awn attached. The feathery Achenes give rise to the name Old Man's Beard for Clematis species in fruit.
Habitat : Moist forests and gullies.
Distribution : Very common throughout the Park. Throughout South-Eastern Victoria, especially common in East Gippsland. Extends to New South Wales and Queensland.
Flowering Season : October
Family : Ranunculaceae
 
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Forest clematis flowering vine, in Fosters Gully.


Forest clematis flowering vine, in Fosters Gully.
October 22nd 1989




 
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