Clematis orientalis baluchistanica

Description

Clematis orientalis is a deciduous scrambling shrub that grows to attach to its environment by means of tendril-like stems. It grows densely at a rate of least a meter per year. Stem[edit] The stems are slender and tendril-like. It grows to heights of about 2-8 meters, with a thickness up to 7 cm. The stems are covered with gray-brown bark, with the inner bark being green.The vines twine to rocks, other plants, and other things in its environment as it climbs. Flower C. orientalis flowers can grow in solitary or clusters in a cyme inflorescence. Most noticeable about the flower is the four yellow to yellow-orange sepals, which are often mistaken for its petals. The sepals are ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, wide-spreading and tend to curl back at its maturity. The sepals reaches widths of 2-3 cm and lengths of 6-9 cm. No hair abaxial of sepal.