Old Man's Beard: Flower

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Shrubs & Bushes

Order:

Buttercups (Ranunculales)

Family:

Buttercup (Ranunculaceae)

Species:

Old Man's Beard (Clematis microphylla)

This Photo:

Flower

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Not really a shrub, but a climber. Too big to put under Forbs.
Creamy large flowers with 4 long oval petals.
Green leaves. New stems are green going dark reddish brown with age.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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