Ranunculaceae
Sweet autumn virginsbower
Clematis terniflora
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Clematis
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Common names
By language (6)
- Bulgarian
- Трицветен повет
- Chinese
- 圆锥铁线莲, 圓錐鐵線蓮, 小叶力刚, 铜威灵, 黄药子, 蟹珠眼草, 铜脚威灵仙, 白花铁线莲
- English
- Sweet autumn virginsbower
- Indonesian
- Kerisih luruh manis
- Japanese
- センニンソウ, キイセンニンソウ, クレマティス・テルニフローラ, 仙人草
- Swedish
- Stor vippklematis
Synonyms
- Clematis dioscoreifolia H.Lév. & Vaniot
- Clematis dioscoreifolia var. robusta (Carrière) Rehder
- Clematis flammula var. robusta Carrière
- Clematis maximowicziana Franch. & Sav.
- Clematis maximowicziana var. robusta (Carrière) Nakai
- Clematis paniculata Thunb.
- Clematis paniculata var. denticulata Nakai
- Clematis paniculata var. dioscoreifolia (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Rehder
- Clematis recta f. lancifolia Nakai
- Clematis recta var. koreana Nakai
- Clematis terniflora f. denticulata (Nakai) W.Lee
- Clematis terniflora var. denticulata (Nakai) U.C.La
- Clematis terniflora var. koreana (Nakai) Tamura
- Clematis terniflora var. lancifolia (Nakai) U.C.La
- Clematis terniflora var. robusta (Carrière) Tamura
- Clematis terniflora var. terniflora
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Sandy Wolkenberg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Tom Norton, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: M Sorensen, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Carrie Seltzer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Michael Ellis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: andrew2285, CC0, from iNaturalist
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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.