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Clematis viticaulis
Also called Grape Clematis, Grape Leather Flower, Millboro Leatherflower
Millboro leather flower is a rare, woody perennial vine native to shale barrens and woodland edges in the Appalachians of western Virginia. It is grown in gardens mainly for its unusual urn-shaped flowers and copper plumelike seedheads, and it needs sharp drainage and sun to thrive.
Clematis viticaulis is a species of perennial flowering plant in the buttercup family, known by the common names Millboro leatherflower and grape clematis.
It is endemic to the Appalachian Mountains in western Virginia, in the Eastern United States. It is known from Bath, Augusta, and Rockbridge Counties.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Clematis viticaulis 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.
