Ranunculaceae
Italian leather flower
Clematis viticella
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- Genus
- Clematis
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Common names
By language (21)
- arz
- ياسمين فيتيكيلا
- Azerbaijani
- Bənövşəyi ağəsmə
- Bulgarian
- Лозовиден повет
- Chinese
- 南欧铁线莲
- Czech
- Plamének vlašský
- Danish
- Italiensk Skovranke
- Dutch
- Italiaanse clematis
- English
- Italian leather flower, Purple clematis
- Estonian
- Sinine elulõng
- Finnish
- Viinikärhö
- French
- Clématite bleue, Clématite fausse-vigne
- German
- Italienische Waldrebe
- hsb
- Włóski pryšćenc
- Indonesian
- Kerisih ungu
- Japanese
- クレマティス・ヴィティチェッラ
- Macedonian
- Виолетов повит
- Persian
- کلماتیس ارغوانی
- Russian
- Ломонос фиолетовый, Ломонос виноградничковый
- Slovenian
- Južni srobot
- Swedish
- Italiensk klematis
- Welsh
- Barf-yr-hen-ŵr borffor
Synonyms
- Anemone viticella E.H.L.Krause
- Clematis baccata Pers.
- Clematis lugubris Salisb.
- Clematis pulchella Pers.
- Clematis viticella f. gigantiflora Kuntze
- Clematis viticella subsp. sibthorpii Kuntze
- Clematis viticella var. leiostylis Kuntze
- Viticella deltoidea Moench
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Vine
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: introduced, Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: Epibase, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Laurent, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Anne Demarchi, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Gerard Lepage, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: peganum from Small Dole, England, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Barbin, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons Photo: Marc BÉTRÉMIEUX, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Cephas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Indian virgin's bowerClematis montanaRanunculaceae
- Solitary clematisClematis integrifoliaRanunculaceae
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- Oriental virginsbowerClematis orientalisRanunculaceae
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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.