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Brown Clematis
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Brown Clematis
ative Photo: Tabish
Common name: Brown Clematis • Nepali: जुंगे लहरा Junge lahara
Botanical name: Clematis barbellata    Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Synonyms: Clematis barbellata var. obtusa

Brown Clematis is a vine distinguished by its brown-purple bell-shaped flowers, and its very hairy stamens. Flowers have spreading lance-shaped petals, 2-2.5 cm long, hairy on both sides. Leaves are trifoliate, with 3 ovate-lanceshaped leaflets, 4-10 cm long. Leaflets are often further lobed and sharply toothed. Brown Clematis is found in the Himalayas, from Pakistan to C. Nepal, at altitudes of 2100-4000 m. Flowering: June-July.

Identification credit: Tabish Photographed in Valley of Flowers, Uttarakhand.

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