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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Dicots
  5. Buttercups, Poppies, and Allies
  6. Buttercup Family
  7. Clematis and Leatherflowers
  8. Clematis and Leatherflowers
  9. Blue Clematis

species 2,142 observations

Blue Clematis

Clematis columbiana

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

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24 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Brown Bark Carpet Moth, Satyr Pug Moth, Fatal Metalmark, Setaceous Hebrew Character 6
  • Hosted animals Gall makers, leaf miners and other animals living on or in it Phytomyza loewii 1
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Brown Bear, Black Bean Aphid 2
  • Flower visitors Pollinators and other flower visitors Pacific Digger Bee, Lupine Miner Bee, Nevada Sweat Bee, Eastern Tiger Swallowtail 15

Children

  • Purple Virgin's-bower
  • Clematis columbiana tenuiloba

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Vines
Light
Part shade
Moisture
Dry
Plant type
Perennial Vine

From USDA PLANTS and the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.

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