Ranunculaceae

Virginia whitehair leather flower

Clematis coactilis (Fernald) Keener

Family: Ranunculaceae
Genus: Clematis

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Virginia whitehair leather flower (Clematis coactilis) — FlowerPhoto: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

English: Virginia whitehair leather flower, Curly-heads, Erect silky leather-flower
Japanese: クレマチス・コアクチリス, コアクチリス

Synonyms

Clematis albicoma var. coactilis Fernald

Flowers

In flower: May (from 25 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Alaina Krakowiak, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Steve Law, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Henfield, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.