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Devil's darning needles

Clematis virginiana

Photo by mauna Kunzah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Forest.

Reference Links:

Clematis virginiana, PLANTS Profile for Clematis virginiana (devil's darning needles) | USDA PLANTS

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (6)
mauna Kunzah
Certainly, Chester; it's almost antithetical to the name I've listed...
chesterbperry
Well the common name I am familiar with is less ominous, virgin's bower.
mauna Kunzah
Yes, it's pretty evil sounding for something so soft and fuzzy. lol
Dan Doucette
I'm glad I could help you with the ID of this. That is quite a tangled mess, 3 spottings in one! I wasn't familiar with the common name, pretty evil sounding!
mauna Kunzah
Yep, that's why I was confused. Initially, I didn't upload this (spotting for a long time) because I thought the Clematis might've been part of the pokeweed.
chesterbperry
I believe you are correct kunzah, quite a tangled mess you have there with a morning glory and pokeweed, I can just make out a set of the leaves for C. virginiana in the upper left.

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Flowers of North America
Mission
The Wildflowers of New York State

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PublishedOctober 7, 2012

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