| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Clematis alpina (L.) Mill. |
| Bibliography | Gard. Dict., ed. 8. no.9. (1786) |
| Native Range | European Mountains |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks and woods |
| Description | leaves biternate, leaflets lanceolate, dentate, flowers solitary, pendent, 25-40mm long, with 4 acute sepals, achene long plumose |
| Size | 100-400cm |
| Color | blue, purple, violet |
| Bloom | summer |
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| Type | climber |
| Cultivation | shady, humous, rock crevices |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 3-12 months, 13-18°C half ripe cuttings in early summer |
| Synonyms | Anemone atragene E.H.L.Krause Atragene alpina L. Atragene austriaca Wender. Atragene clematidea Crantz Atragene wenderothii Schltdl. Clematis alpina var. albobarbata Kuntze Clematis alpina var. angustisepala Kuntze Clematis alpina var. bilateralis Kuntze Clematis alpina var. brevicaudata Kuntze Clematis alpina var. caespitosa Kuntze Clematis alpina var. fuscobarbata Kuntze Clematis alpina var. grandiflora Kuntze Clematis alpina var. kraettliana Schröt. Clematis alpina var. lactea Beck Clematis alpina var. latisepala Kuntze Clematis alpina var. longicaudata Kuntze Clematis alpina var. macropetala Kuntze Clematis alpina var. macrosepala Kuntze Clematis alpina var. mesopetala Kuntze Clematis alpina var. micropetala Kuntze Clematis alpina ssp. normalis Kuntze Clematis alpina var. pallida Ausserd. ex Hegi Clematis alpina var. parviflora Kuntze Clematis alpina var. rhizomatosa Kuntze Clematis alpina var. triternata Kuntze Clematis alpina var. subbiternata Beck Clematis alpina var. unilatareli-cheiropsoides Kuntze Clematis alpina var. unilaterali-ramosa Kuntze Clematis alpina ssp. wenderothii (Schltdl.) Kuntze Clematis wenderothii (Schltdl.) Steud. |
| Territory | 1 Europe 11 Middle Europe (AUT Austria, CZE Czechoslovakia, GER Germany, HUN Hungary, POL Poland, SWI Switzerland) 12 Southwestern Europe (FRA France) 13 Southeastern Europe (BUL Bulgaria, ITA Italy, ROM Romania, YUG Yugoslavia) 14 Eastern Europe (RUC Central European Russia, UKR Ukraine) 3 Asia-Temperate 4 Asia-Tropical 40 Indian Subcontinent |
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