Slender Clematis is a climbing subshrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its vine habit and flowers. It needs well-drained soil, sun to part shade, and a support to climb.

Family: Ranunculaceae (Buttercup family)
Grows as: Climber
Light: Full sun, Part shade
Water: Water regularly during the growing season, allowing the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil: Free-draining, fertile soil or a loam-based mix.
Temperature: 10–30 °C; protect from hard frost.
How easy: Moderate
Safety: Toxic: Clematis species contain protoanemonin and related compounds in their sap and leaves, which can irritate the skin and mouth and cause gastrointestinal upset if eaten.. Toxic to cats and dogs (ASPCA).
Native range: SW. Australia
Climate: subtropical

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Clematis linearifolia is a vine in the Ranunculaceae family, endemic to south-west Western Australia.

It was first described in 1845 by Ernst von Steudel, from a specimen collected on Rottnest Island on 18 July 1839.

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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clematis linearifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

Pet safety from the ASPCA toxic and non-toxic plant lists.

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