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Clematis 'Basilisk'

Purple flowers, paler towards the centre and base of the tepals, with brown-purple anthers on white filaments.

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.	Jun Jul Aug Sep
Pruning:	Hard prune (Group 3)
Raised by:	Yoshiaki Aihara
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r 1999 f2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	(florida var sieboldiana x LFH) x unknown
Further detail:	Flower diameter: 10-11cm Tepals: 6; elliptic, pointed, tip recurving with age