Clematis lasiantha

Chaparral clematis, pipestem clematis, Pipestem Clematis

Family: Ranunculaceae · Type: perennial · Native

Chaparral clematis is a California native perennial found in the Klamath Ranges, northern Coast Ranges, California Foothills, Sierra Nevada Foothills, Sutter Buttes, central western, and southwestern California in chaparral, open woodland, and hillside habitats at elevations below 2,000 meters. Flowering from January to June, this plant produces white to cream-colored flowers with showy sepals 10 to 21 millimeters long and numerous stamens. Growing with climbing or sprawling stems that can reach several meters in length, it has a delicate, twining growth habit. Its leaves are distinctive, composed of 3 to 5 leaflets that are approximately three-lobed and toothed, with the largest leaflets measuring 1.5 to 6 centimeters long. The fruit is characterized by a hairy body, giving the mature plant an intricate, textured appearance.

Habitat: Hillsides, chaparral, open woodland

Bloom period: Jan-Jun

Elevation: < 2000 m

Bioregions: KR, NCoRI, CaRF, SNF, ScV (Sutter Buttes), CW, SW

California counties: Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Tulare, Santa Clara, Monterey, San Bernardino, San Diego, Butte, San Mateo, Mariposa, Shasta, Lake, Riverside, Ventura, Alameda, Placer, Orange, Trinity, Contra Costa, Napa, Fresno, Sonoma, Solano, Mendocino, San Benito, Madera, Yolo, El Dorado, Santa Cruz, Sutter, Kern, Stanislaus, Sacramento, Marin, Tuolumne, Nevada, Humboldt, Colusa, Calaveras, Tehama, Merced, Glenn, Plumas, Yuba

Data from The California Species Project — 14,000+ California species with verified data from CNPS, CDFW, USFWS, Jepson eFlora, Cal-IPC, and more.