BUTTERCUP FAMILY
Clemantis flammula (FRAGRANT CLEMATIS)
(Akasma) (BrennendeWaldrebe)
Ranunculaceae
Decidious woody climbers up to 5 m. Stem adpressed hairy only at the nodes. Leaves opposite, pinnate; the segments ternate or biternate, the ultimate segments elliptic. Inflorescence a bracteate axillary panicle. Petals free, white 9-12 mm, densely hairy especially on the edges. Perianth uniseriate, the segments petaloid, 4. Achenes with plumose styles. Potential ornamental. Fl. June-July. Macchie, waste places.
Türkiye, S. Europe, N. Africa. W. Syria, Syrian Desert.
