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Clematis APHRODITE 'Aphrodite Elegafumina'

Japanese large-flowered variety, tepals velvety bluish purple. Anthers yellowish green, according to the Register; all the photos we have seen, and our own plant, have dark purplish anthers on grey-white filaments. The cultivar name comes from the Greek goddess 'Aphrodite'.

Group:	Integrifolia group
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Masatake Udagawa
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	1993
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	florida 'bicolor' x integrifolia 'Hendersonii'
Other name(s):	Unaccepted spellings: 'Afurodiite eregafumina'; 'Aflodite Elega Fumina'; 'Afrodite Elega Fumina'; 'Ahurodeiteeregahumina'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 12-16cm ICRC Fourth Supplement