Keyed Out #079 — Clematis armandii

Question 1

The white blooms have no true petals: the showy parts are {sepals}, and the centre is packed with many free {stamens} ringing a cluster of separate, unfused carpels.

Accepted Answer

buttercup family

Question 2

Every spent flower leaves behind a rounded head of small one-seeded dry fruits, each tipped by its own long, persistent, {plumose} tail.

Accepted Answer

Ranunculaceae

Question 3

Its leaves are set in opposite pairs at every {node}, an arrangement almost no other member of this family adopts, the rest setting their leaves singly.

Accepted Answer

Clematis

Question 4

It is woody and it climbs, hoisting persistent, thickening stems into a tree by twisting its leaf stalks around anything thin, with no tendrils, no adhesive pads and no stem that winds round the support.

Accepted Answer

Clematis

Question 5

It holds its foliage right through winter, and each leaf is cut into exactly three leathery, glossy, boldly three-veined {leaflets} 3 to 6 inches (7 to 15 cm) long with untoothed margins.

Accepted Answer

Clematis armandii

Question 6

It flowers in the first weeks of spring, in March and April, from buds set on wood that ripened the previous year, and is entirely finished before midsummer.

Accepted Answer

Clematis armandii