Ranunculaceae
Western white clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Clematis
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Common names
By language (5)
- English
- Western white clematis
- Japanese
- クレマティス・リグスティチフォリア
- nv
- Chʼil naʼatʼoʼiitsʼóóz, Bílaʼashdlaʼii
- Russian
- Ломонос лигустиколистный
- Swedish
- Västlig skogsklematis
Synonyms
- Clematis altheifolia Greene
- Clematis brevifolia (Nutt.) Howell
- Clematis dioica var. brevifolia (Nutt.) Kuntze
- Clematis ligusticifolia var. angustifoliola W.T.Wang
- Clematis ligusticifolia var. bracteata Torr.
- Clematis ligusticifolia var. brevifolia Nutt.
- Clematis ligusticifolia var. californica S.Watson
- Clematis ligusticifolia var. ligusticifolia
- Clematis neomexicana Wooton & Standl.
- Clematis suksdorfii B.L.Rob.
Flowers
- In flower
- June to August (from 639 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- white (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Brian Finzel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter L Achuff, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kate Harper, CC0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: James H. Thomas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Rostyslav Yurechko, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ed Alverson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Tom Hilton, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Cody Stricker, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Bill Bouton from San Luis Obispo, CA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Matt Lavin from Bozeman, Montana, USA, 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.