• Family : Ranunculaceae
  (Buttercup Or Crowfoot Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : NEELAMABARI FAMILY (नीलाम्बरी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Ranunculaceae
• Synonym(s) : Clematis aurea A.Nelson & J.F.Macbr.; Clematis baltistanica Qureshi & Chaudhri; Clematis orientalis var. hindukushensis Grey-Wilson; Clematis orientalis var. robusta Grey-Wilson; Clematis orientalis var. sinorobusta W.T.Wang; Clematis orientalis var. tenuifolia (Royle) Grey-Wilson; Meclatis orientalis (L.) Spach; Viticella orientalis (L.) W.A.Weber
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Clematis orientalis L.
• Common name : Chinese clematis, Oriental virginsbower
• Habit : Woody climber or scrambling shrub
• Habitat : Shrublands, riverbanks, sand depressions, riparian forests in hot, dry valleys and desert and semidesert areas of at altitudes 400 to 3800 m.
• Comments / notes : It is used as an antiSepic and refrigera
• Flower, Fruit : August-September
• Distribution :
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
• Native : Afghanistan, Altay, Buryatiya, China North-Central, East Aegean Is., Iran, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kirgizstan, Mongolia, Nepal, North Caucasus, Oman, Pakistan, South European Russi, Tadzhikistan, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuva, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, W
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Ukraine to NorthWest China and Colorado, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Krym, Nevada, New Mexico, Ontario, Spain, Utah
• Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 66
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Clematis orientalis. Downloaded on 27 September 2023.

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