Virgin's Bower
Old Man's Beard
Clematis drummondii
Mature fruit with long, plumose styles. Photographed in the Wickenburg Mountains, sw. Yavapai Co., Arizona, taken Dec 2006.
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FRUIT: Each carpel bears a long, plumose awn derived from the
style - and with a dozen plus carpels per fruit the result is a very
attractive fluff-ball which remain on the plant for many months.
VINE: Grows as a vine clambering up through mesquites and other shrubs
adjacent to washes.
FLOWERS: White sepals and numerous white, conspicuous stamens.
RANGE: Fairly common throughout the Sonoran Desert of Arizona and also
in the Chihuahuan Desert. Find it especially on a major wash bank or near a
riparian stream.
LEAVES: - Pinnately compound leaves with 7 or fewer leaflets.
UNARMED.
Clusters of flowers at Catalina State Park, Pima Co., Arizona, USA. 31 May 2015.