Curlyheads

Description

Clematis ochroleuca is a species of flowering plant in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, known by the common names curlyheads and erect silky leather-flower. It is native to North America with a distribution on the east coast of the United States from Long Island to northern Georgia. Clematis is a genus of about 300 species within the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae. Their garden hybrids have been popular among gardeners, beginning with Clematis × jackmanii, a garden standby since 1862; more hybrid cultivars are being produced constantly. They are mainly of Chinese and Japanese origin. Most species are known as clematis in English, while some are also known as traveller's joy, a name invented for the sole British native, C. vitalba, by the herbalist John Gerard; virgin's bower for C. terniflora, C. virginiana, and C. viticella; old man's beard, applied to several with prominent seedheads; leather flower for those with fleshy petals; or vase vine for the North American Clematis viorna. The genus name Clematis pronunciation note is from Ancient Greek: clēmatís, ("a climbing plant") from: klḗma – 'twig, sprout, tendril'. Over 250 species and cultivars are known, often named for their originators or particular characteristics.