Single Record
Participant Info
- Species
- Clematis ligusticifolia [Clematis neomexicana]
- Family
- Ranunculaceae
- CommonName
- western white clematis, virgin’s bower, old man’s beard, devil's thread, pepper vine, etc.
- Presence
- YES
- Status
- native
- EarliestDate
- 1934
- LatestDate
- 2020
- Ecosystem
- basin, shrubland, foothill, montane, ruderal, urban
- Geobotanical
- SSawatch, Garitas, SSanjuans, NCristos, UBasin, LBasin
- Counties
- Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache
- Passes
- WildlifePreserves
- Baca, Great Sand Dunes
- Other Localities
- Alamosa (town), Del Norte
- PhotoRecords
- YES Rich Haswell: Rio Grande Co, Del Norte flood plain of the Rio Grande on the "river walk", 16 June 2020
- Comments
- Virgin's bower is a basin, foothill, and lower montane plant growing on well-drained slopes but also adapting to stream side and disturbed ground such as fence rows and railroad right of ways. It needs support, most commonly large rocks or fences. Found all around the Valley, the plant is sometimes mistakenly thought to be exotic because of its invasive nature. It is present in all USA states west of the Great Plains, and follows the Rio Grande drainage down to far-west Texas. Note that the species is unisexual, with male and female flowers usually growing on separate vines. The female flower has many pistils and a few stamens that do not produce pollen. The male flower has many stamens. The species can also reproduce by vegetative part.
- Annotation