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Sweet Autumn Clematis

Clematis terniflora

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Field Notes

Description:

Prolific white sweet-scented blooms on this vine that covers everything around itself. Mostly four-petaled but occasional five-petaled flowers. The photo above has a large funnel-web spider tunnel in the middle, if you're wondering about the hole.

Habitat:

Wooded area next to the Potomac River

Notes:

A.K.A. Virgin's Bower

Reference Links:

PLANTS Profile for Clematis terniflora (sweet autumn virginsbower) | USDA PLAN…

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Comments (2)
AshleyBradford
It does smell good and makes driving down the highway with the windows open even nicer. :) But my favorite is when the Black Locust trees are blooming in the spring!
SarahWhitt
Gosh...I just LOVE this stuff!! Nothing smells sweeter!! :)

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Flowers of North America
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Fall Into Phenology

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PublishedSeptember 28, 2011

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