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Clematis viorna
Also called Leather Flower, Leather Flower Vine, Vase Vine, Vase Vine Clematis, Vase Vine Leatherflower
Vasevine (Clematis viorna) is a woody climbing vine native to wooded areas of the eastern and southeastern United States, known for its urn-shaped purple flowers in spring and summer. It grows best with its roots cool and shaded and its top in sun or light shade, climbing by leaf tendrils.
Clematis viorna, commonly known as vasevine or leatherflower, is a flowering vine native to the southeastern United States. It grows in wooded habitats and bears purple flowers in spring and summer.
Leatherflower is found naturally from southeastern Pennsylvania and Delaware south to Georgia, and west across the Mississippi Valley to Missouri and Arkansas. It grows in mesic forests and woodlands, including wooded cliffs and the banks of streams, and in thickets. It flourishes on mafic substrates.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clematis viorna 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.
