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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Taxobox<br /> | color = lightgreen<br /> | name = Traveller's Joy<br /> | image = Clematis-vitalba-Waldrebe(Samenstand).jpg<br /> | image_width = 240px<br /> | image_caption = Clematis vitalba <br /> | regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> | divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> | classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]<br /> | ordo = [[Ranunculales]]<br /> | familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]<br /> | genus = ''[[Clematis]]''<br /> | species = '''''C. vitalba'''''<br /> | binomial = ''Clematis vitalba''<br /> | binomial_authority = [[Carolus Linnaeus|L.]] (1753)<br /> }}<br /> '''''Clematis vitalba''''' (also known as '''Old man's beard''' and '''Traveller's Joy''') is a shrub of the [[Ranunculaceae]] family. <br /> <br /> ==Description==<br /> ''[[Clematis]] vitalba'' is a climbing shrub with branched [[Plant stem|stem]]s, [[deciduous]] leaves, and scented greeny-white flowers with fluffy underlying [[sepal]]s. The fruits have an overlying silky appendage lengthwise on the plant.<br /> <br /> The flowers of this species are eaten by the [[larva]]e of [[moth]]s including [[V-Pug|The V-Pug]] and [[Double-striped Pug]] and the leaves by [[Willow Beauty]].<br /> <br /> ==Characteristics==<br /> *Reproductive organs:<br /> ** Inflorescence type: biparous [[cyme]]<br /> ** Sex: [[hermaphrodite]]<br /> ** Type of pollination: [[entomophily|entomophilous]]<br /> *Seed:<br /> ** Type of fruit: [[achene]]<br /> ** Dissemination: With the wind<br /> *Habitat and distribution:<br /> ** Type of habitat: Mid-European shrubberies, mountainsides, in moderately [[eutrophic]] regions<br /> ** Distribution: [[Holarctic]]<br /> <br /> In [[New Zealand]] it is declared an &quot;unwanted organism&quot; and it cannot be sold, propagated or distributed. It is a threat to native plants since it grows vigorously and forms a canopy which smothers all other plants.<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> * Bioimages.org: [http://www.bioimages.org.uk/HTML/T888.HTM Traveller's Joy]<br /> <br /> {{ranunculales-stub}}</div>

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