An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 RANUNCULACEAE. 4. Viorna versicolor Small. Pale Leather- flower. Fig. 1947. Clematis icrsicolor Small; Britton, Man. 4^1. 1901. na 'â ersicolor Small. Fl. SE. U. S. 438. 1903. A branching vine, up to 12° long, glabrous or slightly pubescent below the nodes. Leaves pinnate, slender-petioled; leaflets firm, apic
An illustrated flora of the An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . ed2illustratedflo02brit Year: 1913 RANUNCULACEAE. 4. Viorna versicolor Small. Pale Leather- flower. Fig. 1947. Clematis icrsicolor Small; Britton, Man. 4^1. 1901. na 'â ersicolor Small. Fl. SE. U. S. 438. 1903. A branching vine, up to 12° long, glabrous or slightly pubescent below the nodes. Leaves pinnate, slender-petioled; leaflets firm, apiculate, oblong to ovate-lanceolate, Â¥-3' long, conspicuously reticulate, very glaucous beneath; sepals thin, purplish, lanceo- late, about 10' long, glabrous, slightly recurved at the tip, achencs pubescent; persistent styles plumose, white or nearly so. Rocky ledges. Mi July. 5. Viorna Viorna (L.) Small. Leather- flower. Fig. 1948. 753- 439- 1903- A vine, climbing to the height of 10° or more over bushes in rich soil. Leaves mostly pinnate; leaflets glabrous, entire, lobed or tri- foliolate; uppermost and lowest leaves often entire; calyx ovoid-campanulate, purple, the sepals remarkably thick; filaments about as long as the anthers; persistent styles plumose throughout, l' long or more, brownish. Banks and thickets, southern Pennsylvania to West Virginia, Georgia and Indiana. Ascends to 4000 ft. in Virginia. May-July. Viorna flaccida Small, differing by entire, more pubescent leaflets, the calyx lavender with green tips, occurs in Kentuck-y and Tennessee. Viorna Ridgwayi Standley, of Illinois, has long-tipped leaf-lobes or leaf-segments.
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