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clematis lasiantha
This is a dried spotting of the species of Pipestem Clematis. The plant flowers from January to June. Leaves are 3-lobed with one flower on each stalk but at the most three. In the photo it looks like a shrub but in fact it is a vine that is growing in the shrub.
As opposed to the Virgin Bower species that looks almost similar and likes moist areas around creekbeds, this species prefers drier areas like hillsides, in chaparral, and in open woodland. The range is from San Francisco Bay Area to Baja California and as far east as the Eastern Sierras. But doesn't grow in the Central Valley or in elevations over 6,600ft.
Spotted at the foothills of Mt Diablo Took the first picture just for a good shot the other to look at the plant differently
Spotted on Jun 21, 2010
Submitted on Jun 28, 2012
4 Comments
Yeah I figured there were two. I am just curious of the one with the I assume is seed fluff
I think what you have is two species: (1) a shrub that looks like it is from the Carprifoliacea family, and (2) a vine from the genus Clematis.
This so far I only noticed it in Mount Diablo state park in California. Hope someone can help with this one.
Very interesting ! I might be mistaken but this looks like "wild cotton" - a plant from the Malvaceae family. The bush in your photo looks like it's got spikes ( thorny) -have a look at this
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ecomujeres/...
Some of Gossypium sp as you may know have seed pods that split to disperse fluffy "cotton".
This could be Gossypium armourianum (Malvaceae), a species of wild cotton endemic to Baja California.
I hope you can have this ID confirmed - would love to know. Thanks for sharing this interesting spotting, Jellis