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Clematis leschenaultiana

Nodding, bell-shaped, yellow (or greenish-yellow) flowers covered in brown or golden hairs on the underside (outside) of the tepals. The flowers are normally in panicles with up to 7, occasionally up to 15, flowers. Christopher Grey-Wilson lists this species form as being distributed through S & SE China. Makoto Iijima has also found it in the Okinawa region of Japan.

Approximate height: The heights given here are for guidance only. Much depends on the growing conditions of individual specimens.	7.0 or more metres
Flowering period(s): Warning: the months here are approximate for the northern hemisphere: users south of the equator should add approximately 6 months so that July becomes January etc.	Jan Feb Mar (Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec)
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Country of origin:	S & SE China, Taiwan, Vietname, Indonesia, etc
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	Species
Other name(s):	acuminata subsp leschenaultiana
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 2-3cm long, 0.5-1cm wide