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Clematis 'Clione'

Small, scented, urn-shaped flowers; outside dark reddish-purple, inside dark reddish-purple at base paler towards the tip. Filaments downy, yellow anthers. 'Clione' is a genus of aquatic mollusc.

Fragrant:	Yes
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.	May Jun Jul
Raised by:	Tsuneo Ishiguro
Country of origin:	Japan
Date raised: r=raised s=selected f=first flowered n=named i=introduced b=before c=about	r1999 n2005
Parentage: (s) = seed parent	'Hendersonii' (which?) x Gravetye Beauty
Other name(s):	Unaccepted spelling: 'Kurione'
Further detail:	Tepals: 4; 5cm long x 3cm wide, elliptic, thick and fleshy, fused in basal half, margins slightly wavy, long-pointed with acuminate tips recurved and slightly twisted