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Clematis 'Symeana'

Very large mauve flowers with white filaments and purple-brown anthers. (Apparently the stamens sometimes changed into staminodes.) The name appears first as 'Symesiana' in 1872 but is corrected in Moore and Jackman (1877).

Group:	Late large-flowered group
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.	Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Raised by:	I Anderson-Henry
Country of origin:	France
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1870 ic1872
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	lanuginosa (s) x 'Fortunei'
Other name(s):	lanuginosa 'Symesiana'; x lawsoniana var symesiana; symesiana; 'Lawsoniana Symesiana'; 'Symesiana'
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 17-23cm Tepals: 6-8; oblong-ovate, narrow towards base Leaves: ternate