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Traveller's Joy / Old man's beard

Clematis vitalba

Description:

Clematis vitalba is a climbing shrub with branched, grooved stems, deciduous leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying sepals. The many fruits formed in each inflorescence have long silky appendages which, seen together, give the characteristic appearance of Old Man's beard. The grooves along the stems of C. vitalba can easily be felt when handling the plant. The flowers of this species are eaten by the larvae of moths including The V-Pug and Double-striped Pug and the leaves by Willow Beauty.

Habitat:

C. vitalba has a preference for base rich alkaline soils and moist climate with warm summers

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GvozdenBuzdovan
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GvozdenBuzdovan

Општина Стари град, Централна Србија, Serbia

Spotted on Oct 7, 2013
Submitted on Oct 7, 2013

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