Ranunculaceae
Ground virginsbower
Clematis recta
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Clematis
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Common names
By language (24)
- arz
- ياسمين المستقيم
- Azerbaijani
- Düz ağəsmə
- Belarusian
- Павойнік прамы, Жыгунец
- Bulgarian
- Прав повет
- Catalan
- Herba bormera, Vidalba recta
- Chinese
- 直立铁线莲, 欧洲铁线莲, 威靈仙
- Czech
- Plamének přímý
- Danish
- Hvid Staudeklematis
- English
- Ground virginsbower, Welsh clematis, Wild clematis
- Estonian
- Püst-elulõng
- Finnish
- Pensaskärhö
- German
- Aufrechte Waldrebe
- hsb
- Prosty pryšćenc
- Hungarian
- Felálló iszalag
- Japanese
- クレマティス・レクタ
- kw
- Ruwvanes an koos
- Latvian
- Augstais mežvītenis
- Polish
- Powojnik prosty
- Russian
- Ломонос прямой, Клематис прямой
- Slovak
- Plamienok rovný, Plamienok vzpriamený
- Slovenian
- Pokončni srobot
- Spanish
- Clematide erecta, Clematide recta, Clematites, Clemátide erecta, Flamula de Jupiter, Flamula de Júpiter, Flamula recta, Flámula recta
- Swedish
- Styvklematis
- Welsh
- Barf y hen gŵr
Synonyms
- Anemone recta E.H.L.Krause
- Clematis bracteosa Banks ex Steud.
- Clematis corymbosa Poir.
- Clematis erecta L.
- Clematis hispanica Mill.
- Clematis lathyrifolia Besser ex Rchb.
- Clematis lathyrifolia Bess. ex Reichenb.
- Clematis tenuiflora DC.
- Clematis umbraticola Schur
- Clematitis erecta Steud.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Photo: Benjamin Zwittnig, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Solitary clematisClematis integrifoliaRanunculaceae
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- Asian virginsbowerClematis floridaRanunculaceae
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.