How to recognize it? ⁵

Vine-like. Yellow bell-shaped flowers. Seeds in clusters with long silky tails. Bright green lance-shaped leaves.

Observations in Banff National Park ⁶

https://inaturalist.ca/observations?project_id=69401&taxon_id=160695&place_id=any&verifiable=any

Sources and Credits

1. (c) bcanna, some rights reserved (CC BY), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clematis_tangutica1BCANNA.jpg
2. (c) Epibase, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clematis_Bill_Mackenzie1a.UME_(cropped).jpg
3. (c) Bob Franklin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/savethejellyrabbit/3946673347/
4. (c) Amanda Slater, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clematis_tangutica_(8138678721).jpg
5. (c) bioblitzbanff, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
6. (c) metallyza, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

More Info

• iNaturalist.ca taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• NBN Atlas
• New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• VASCAN by Canadensys
• World Flora Online

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