Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ranunculales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Clematis L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Clematis quadribracteolata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 329 (1881 [1882])
 Description

Slender low-climbing evergreen woody climber. Lvs sparsely hairy, usually 3-foliolate, rarely 1-foliolate, brownish green, 1.5–3–(4.5) × 0.5–2–(3) cm; leaflets thin, variable in shape, usually entire, broadly spathulate, occasionally with a small lobe at the base or ternate; petiole 1–2.5–(3.5) cm long. Fls unisexual, solitary or 2–(3) clustered in lf axils. Bracts in 2–3 pairs, connate, elliptic, hairy. ♂ fls: sepals 4, imbricate, purple-brown or brown, glabrous above, ± silky hairy beneath, linear-lanceolate, 5–15 × 1–2 mm; anthers 0.5–1.5 mm long; filaments glabrous. ♀ fls: sepals 4, generally darker and more hairy than in ♂, otherwise similar. Staminodes few. Achenes hairy or glabrous, 2–5 mm long. Style 2.0–3.5 cm long at fruiting.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Oct.; Fruiting: Nov.–Dec.

 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1882: A description of a few new plants from our New Zealand forests. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 329–341.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Not threatened]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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]