Clematis

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Buttercup Family - Ranunculaceae

Common Virgin's-bower      Clematis flammula

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region and eastwards to Pakistan. Flowers highly scented with white petals that are hairy beneath but not above. Leaves twice-pinnate.

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Traveller's-joy      Clematis vitalba

(Wild Clematis, Old Man's Beard) Native throughout the Mediterranean Region, eastwards to Afghanistan and south to North-west Africa. Flowers weakly-scented with creamy petals that are hairy on both sides. Leaves once-pinnate.

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Early Virgin's-bower      Clematis cirrhosa

Native throughout the Mediterranean Region. Flowers bell-shaped and with broader tepals than the other Clematis species present on Lesvos.

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