Weed Science & Agronomy
INRA-Dijon
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Unité de Malherbologie & Agronomie Weed Science & Agronomy INRA-Dijon |
Bayer Code : clvvt
Synonym(s) of Sc. name:
Classification: Ranunculaceae, Dicotyledonous
Common name: traveller's-joy
Synonym(s) of Common name:
Name per country: DE : Gemeine Waldrebe ; ES : botigueras ; FR : clématite vigne-blanche ; IT : clematide vitalba ; PT : vide-branca ; EN : traveller's-joy ;
Biological type: Perennial
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- Cotyledons elliptic or ovate, with rounded tip, more or less stalked, with a palmate veination (12-8 mm).
- Leaves entire, elliptic or ovate, regularly dentate or with 3 distinct lobes, then with 3 dentate leaflets, hairy beneath.
- Stem sarmentose climbing, until 200 cm, wrapping around the trees and supported by the petioles or branches. Shrubs climbing or creeping with long stems.
- Leaves pinnate, with (3-7) entire leaflets. The terminal one subcordate at the base.
- Flowers white in dense panicles. Flowers with 4 sepals hairy on each side. Anthers 1 to 2 mm long. Perianth segments hairy.
- Fruits mature composed of numerous carpels, brown-greyish, slightly flattened and with long whitish plumose persistent style.
- Rare in crops, becoming a weed in non cultivated perennial cultures. Young seedlings, pickled with vinegar are used as seasonings. In the past this plant was used for basket-work.
- Biological type: Perennial (woody).
Ecological profile (click on flags):
Rare
Rare
