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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Clematis ligusticifolia''
| image = Clematis ligusticifolia.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption =
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Magnoliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Ranunculales]]
| familia = [[Ranunculaceae]]
| genus = ''[[Clematis]]''
| species = '''''C. ligusticifolia'''''
| binomial = '' Clematis ligusticifolia''
| binomial_authority = [[Nutt.]]
}}
'''''Clematis ligusticifolia''''' is a species of the climbing, spreading vine of the ''clematis'' genus native to [[North America]].
It is also known as ''Virgin's bower'', ''Old-man's Beard'', and '''Yerba de Chiva'''.
'''Clematis lasiantha''' is also known as Virgin's bower.
==Medicinal Use==
*A whole-plant hot water extraction is used to treat [[eczema]]
*Leaf [[compress]] is used to treat chest pain, sores, and boils.
==References==
*http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=CLLI2
*http://montana.plant-life.org/species/clematis_ligu.htm
[[Category:Ranunculaceae]]