Old Man's Beard: Whole

Class:

Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)

Order:

Buttercups (Ranunculales)

Family:

Buttercup (Ranunculaceae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Old Man's Beard (Clematis microphylla)

This Photo:

Whole

Thank you Alan Dandie (Alan_Dandie) for confirming the id of this species for us

EXTRA - Photo Specific Information:
It's half killed it's host Senna bush here.
General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Flinders Ranges, Coastal Areas and elsewhere
Creamy large flowers with 4 long oval petals.
Green leaves. New stems are green going dark reddish brown with age.

This species is classed as

LC (Least Concern)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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