Ranunculaceae Wildflowershttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/ranunculaceae/rss/ranunculaceaeA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2024 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pngExplorOz Logohttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/ranunculaceae/rss/ranunculaceaeCommon Clematishttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/788+common-clematishttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/788+common-clematis<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/788+common-clematis"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W788__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> A strongly growing vine that climbs over other shrubs and intertwines with other vines. Climbing is done by the twining leaf stalks. Leaves are compound, made up of 3 oval shaped leaflets. There are separate male and female plants - each bears 4-petalled flowers that are about 5cm across.<br /> Family: Ranunculaceae &nbsp; Genus: Clematis &nbsp; Species: pubescens &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: White<br />Member - John and ValTue, 06 Jan 2015 21:17:00 GMTOld Man's Beardhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/654+old-mans-beardhttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/654+old-mans-beard<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/654+old-mans-beard"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W654__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Dioecious, woody climber, to 5 m high. Leaves mostly biternate with 9 leaflets; leaflets lanceolate-oblong to broad-ovate, 0.8–6 cm long, 0.3–1.2 cm wide, entire or appearing toothed or lobed by incomplete division, usually obtuse, glabrous. Flowers in axillary and terminal dichasial panicles. Tepals linear-lanceolate, 1.3–2.5 cm long, creamy white, pubescent below, almost glabrous above. Stamens 2–5.5 mm long; filaments glabrous, white; anthers ellipsoidal-obloid, 0.4–1 mm long, without appendage; staminodes present. Achenes compressed-ovoid to compressed broadly ellipsoid, 4–5 mm long, 2–3 mm wide, light brown, glabrous or with short sparse hairs, margin corky; awn 3–5 cm long. Widespread in eastern Australia including S.A., Qld, N.S.W., Vic. and Tas. Found in a wide variety of habitats including open forests, heathy woodlands and mallee scrublands. Flowers July–Oct.<br /> Family: Ranunculaceae &nbsp; Genus: Clematis &nbsp; Species: microphylla &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Cream<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 04 Mar 2015 06:38:00 GMT