Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Clematis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Clematis foetida Raoul, Choix Pl. Nouv.-Zél. 23, t. 22 (1846)
Synonymy:
  • = Clematis parkinsoniana Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 12: 359 (1879 [1880])
 Description

Evergreen woody climber. Lvs glabrous or sparsely hairy, 3-foliolate, (2.3)–5.5–9 × (1.8)–4.5–8–(12) cm; leaflets thinly coriaceous, ovate, obtuse to acute; margins entire to sinuate, rarely crenately lobed or serrate; petiole hairy, 1.5–5–(9) cm long. Fls unisexual, in axillary dichasial cymes, strongly scented. Bracts paired, united, inserted about middle of pedicel. ♂ fls: sepals (5)–6–(8), imbricate, yellow, glabrous above, pilose beneath, ovate-oblong, 6–12–(23) × 2–5–(7) mm; anthers 0.8–1.5 mm long; filaments glabrous. ♀ fls: sepals 5–8, imbricate, yellow, glabrous above, pilose beneath, ovate, 6–11 × 3–5 mm; staminodes few. Achenes hairy, 2–4 mm long. Style 1.4–3 cm long at fruiting.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Nov.; Fruiting: Nov.–Jan.

 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1880: A description of a few new plants from our New Zealand forests, with dried specimens of the same. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 12: 359–367.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
Raoul, E. 1846: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande: recueillies et décrites. Fortin Masson, Paris.