View source for Clematis pauciflora

{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Clematis pauciflora''
| image = 
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = 
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Clematis]]''
| species = '''''C. pauciflora'''''
| binomial = ''Clematis pauciflora''
| binomial_authority = [[Thomas Nuttall|Nutt.]]
}}
'''''Clematis pauciflora''''' is a species of [[clematis]] known by the common name '''ropevine'''. This flowering plant is native to the high desert and [[chaparral]] slopes of [[southern California]] and [[Baja California]]. It is a woody [[vine]] with nodes every few centimeters which produce leaves and flowers. The leaves are made up of several dark green lobed leaflets, each one to three centimeters wide. From each leaf-bearing node grows an [[inflorescence]] of one to three flowers with narrow petallike [[sepal]]s in shades of light yellow. Most of the flower is made up of a spray of up to 50 [[stamen]]s and almost as many similar-looking [[gynoecium|pistils]]. The fruit is an [[achene]] equipped with a long plumelike style.

==External links==
*[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_JM_treatment.pl?6434,6454,6457 Jepson Manual Treatment]
*[http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CLPA2 USDA Plants Profile]
*[http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?query_src=photos_index&where-taxon=Clematis+pauciflora Photo gallery]
[[Category:Ranunculaceae]]
[[Category:Flora of California]]
[[Category:Flora of Baja California]]

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