Ranunculaceae
Oriental virginsbower
Clematis orientalis
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Clematis
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Common names
By language (13)
- Arabic
- ظيان شرقي
- Armenian
- Արևելյան մտրակակոթ
- arz
- ظيان شرقى
- Azerbaijani
- Şərq ağəsməsi
- Chinese
- 东方铁线莲, 東方鐵線蓮, 西藏鐵線蓮, 西藏铁线莲, 川木通, 粗梗东方铁线莲, 粗梗東方鐵線蓮, 达乌里铁线莲
- Czech
- Plamének východní
- English
- Oriental virginsbower
- Estonian
- Ida-elulõng
- German
- Orangenschalenwaldrebe
- Japanese
- クレマティス・オリエンタリス
- Persian
- کلماتیس پوست پرتقالی
- Russian
- Ломонос восточный
- Tajik
- Бобопирак
Synonyms
- Clematis albida KIotzsch
- Clematis aurea A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.
- Clematis baltistanica Qureshi & Chaudhri
- Clematis dahurica DC.
- Clematis flava DC.
- Clematis glauca Claus
- Clematis glauca var. angustifolia Ledeb.
- Clematis globosa Royle
- Clematis graveolens Hook.
- Clematis hysudrica Munro ex Hook.f. & Thomson
- Clematis longecaudata Ledeb.
- Clematis orientalis var. albida (Klotzsch) Kuntze
- Clematis orientalis var. baluchistanica Grey-Wilson
- Clematis orientalis var. flava (Moench) Kuntze
- Clematis orientalis var. globosa (Royle) Mukerjee
- Clematis orientalis var. hindukushensis Grey-Wilson
- Clematis orientalis var. hookeriana Kuntze
- Clematis orientalis var. latifolia Hook.f. & Thomson
- Clematis orientalis var. lindleyana Kuntze
- Clematis orientalis var. longicaudata (Ledeb.) Kuntze
- Clematis orientalis var. obtusifolia Hook.f. & Thomson
- Clematis orientalis var. orientalis
- Clematis orientalis var. robusta Grey-Wilson
- Clematis orientalis var. robusta W.T.Wang
- Clematis orientalis var. sinorobusta W.T.Wang
- Clematis orientalis var. tenuifolia (Royle) Grey-Wilson
- Clematis tenuifolia Royle
- Clematitis flava Moench
- Meclatis orientalis Spach
- Viticella orientalis (L.) W.A.Weber
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: smeckert, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Galyna Mykytynets, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Wairambar Rainforest, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: magnolia1000 from Canada, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Alper Durmaz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Katherine Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dinesh Valke from Thane, India, 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.