Plants Profile for Clematis virginiana (devil's darning needles)

General Information
Symbol:	CLVI5
Group:	Dicot
Family:	Ranunculaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Vine
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA SCS. 1991. Southern wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. South National Technical Center, Fort Worth. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

©Larry Allain. USGS National Wetlands Research Center (NWRC). Usage Requirements.

©Thomas G. Barnes. Barnes, T.G., and S.W. Francis. 2004. Wildflowers and ferns of Kentucky. University Press of Kentucky. Usage Requirements.

Provided by USDA Forest Service. Usage Requirements.

Steve Hurst. Provided by ARS Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory. United States, MD, Great Falls. Usage Requirements.

©William S. Justice. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Department of Botany. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 2: 122. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
CLVIM	Clematis virginiana L. var. missouriensis (Rydb.) Palmer & Steyerm.

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Magnoliidae
Order	Ranunculales
Family	Ranunculaceae – Buttercup family
Genus	Clematis L. – leather flower
Species	Clematis virginiana L. – devil's darning needles

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

U.S. Weed Information
Clematis virginiana devil's darning needles virgin's bower This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
N'EAST	Uva, R.H., J.C. Neal,and J.M. DiTomaso. 1997. Weeds of the Northeast. Cornell University Press. Ithaca, New York.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	FAC
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	FAC
Great Plains	FAC
Midwest	FAC
Northcentral & Northeast	FAC