About Clematis pauciflora Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray
Clematis pauciflora Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray is a woody vine that produces leaves made of three leaflets at its nodes. The leaflets are usually toothed, and reach a maximum width of one to three centimeters. Its inflorescences hold up to three flowers, with sepals 7 to 12 millimeters long. The sepals are hairy on their abaxial surface and glabrous on their adaxial surface. Flowers of this species contain 30 to 50 stamens, each 6 to 12 millimeters long, as well as 25 to 50 pistils. The dry achene fruit is glabrous, but bears a plume-like style. This plant is native to the region extending from the Little San Bernardino Mountains to Baja California. Its natural distribution covers the southern California county areas of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego. It grows in dry chaparral habitats at altitudes below 1300 meters, and it is intermediate to its close relative Clematis lasiantha.
