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NZ Plants

Clematis paniculata - puawānanga

Buttercup family: Ranunculaceae

  • Branch

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  • Juvenile foliage

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  • Stem and leaf stalks with hairs

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  • Stem hairs

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  • Leaf stalk tendrils

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  • Flower arrangement

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  • Male flower

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  • Male flower, stamens

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  • Female flower with central carpels surrounded by a whorl of sterile stamens (yellow).

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  • Younger female flower, carpels surrounded by sterile stamens.

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  • Each carpel consists of a basal ovary and a long style with hairs, terminated by a stigma

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  • After pollination, the hairs on each style elongate.

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  • The mature fruits

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  • Each dry fruit consists of a basal seed-containing ovary connected to a long style with hairs

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Clematis paniculata is a woody perennial climber with leaves divided into three leaflets. Leaflets are a glossy dark green, broadly oval and widest at their base and without hairs. Leaf stalks (petioles) are modified into touch-sensetive tendrils which grip adjacent vegetation.
An endemic species found throughout New Zealand.
 

Vegetative characteristics

Reproductive characteristics

Plant form: vine

Flower symmetry: symmetric
 

Flower size: 50-60 mm diam.

Leaf form: divided into three oval-oblong parts (leaflets)

Sepals: 6, white

Leaf size: leaflets 5-10 cm

Petals: 0

Leaf arrangement: opposite

Sexuality: unisexual on different plants

Leaf attachment:

Stamens: numerous

Leaf margin: smooth or toothed

Ovary: above sepals

Leaf surface: hairless

Fruit: dry


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