Clematis brachiata

Clematis brachiata

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Common Names

Traveller's Joy (english)
Klimop (afrikaans)
Ityolo (xhosa)
Morarana-oa-mafehlo (tswana)
Litinyo-lemamba (swazi)
Inhlabanhlanzi (zulu)

Taxonomy

Family RANUNCULACEAE
Genus Clematis
Species brachiata
SA Plant Number
Basionym Clematis brachiata

Description

Clematis brachiata is a very hardy, deciduous climber with amazing, sweetly scented, creamy-white flowers that have a mass of bright yellow fluffy stamens in the centre. It blooms from Febuary to May. The thick, small fruits are covered with a tail of long, silvery-white, silky hairs. This helps with seed dispersal.

Allow to climb up into trees, use as a groundcover or tumble down banks. Prune back quite severely each year to encourage flowering.

Many pollinating insects are attracted to the pollen-rich flowers

Its many medicinal uses have earned it the name of traveller’s joy.

Size 5m

Wildlife

Pollinators:

The Clematis brachiata flowers provide an excellent pollen source for many important pollinating insect species.

Uses

Distribution

Limpopo, North West, Gauteng, Free State, Mpumalanga, KwaZulu Natal, Eastern Cape, Western Cape


Habitat:
coastal dunes, Scrub, Woodland

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