Image from Flore des Serres 1856
Clematis 'Pallida' (Fortune)
Very large, very pale blue flowers. According to the International Clematis Register and Checklist 2002 it was found in a garden in Japan and introduced into Europe by Robert Fortune in 1850. It is very similar to lanuginosa itself and may be synonymous.
| Group: | Late large-flowered group |
| Country of origin: | Japan |
| Date raised: | i1856 |
| Parentage: | Unknown |
| Other name(s): | lanuginosa var pallida; lanuginosa 'Pallida'; 'Lanuginosa Pallida'; lanuginosa ? - see above |
| Further detail: | Flower diameter: 26cm Tepals: 6-7; broadly elliptic, pointed |