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Definition of Mountain clematis

1. Noun. Climber of northeastern North America having waxy purplish-blue flowers.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mountain Clematis

Literary usage of Mountain clematis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Carpel with a feathery tail. Leaves deciduous. _l 19. C. MONTA'NA Ham. The Mountain Clematis. Identification. C. montana Ham. MSS. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. ..."

2. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"Fix up a framework of rustic timber or wooden trellis-work, plant the mountain Clematis, and it is hidden speedily. In most cases it goes away freely when ..."

3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Erect mountain clematis. (Fig. 1589.) Clematis ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 736. 1814. Similar to the preceding species, stems stiff, 1°-2° tall, ..."

4. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"C. ovala, mountain clematis, which occurs but locally through the Blue Ridge mountains and on Kate's Mountain, ..."

5. The Ideal Garden by Harry Higgott Thomas (1914)
"... have recollections of the exquisite white trails of the mountain Clematis, or hazy memories of large rich-blossomed kinds that we have seen in gardens. ..."

6. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1854)
"Carpel with a feathery tail. Leaves deciduous. _l 19. C. MONTA'NA Ham. The Mountain Clematis. Identification. C. montana Ham. MSS. ; Dec. Prod., 1. p. ..."

7. Popular Garden Flowers: Anemones, Asters, Begonias ... [et Al.] by Walter Page Wright (1911)
"Fix up a framework of rustic timber or wooden trellis-work, plant the mountain Clematis, and it is hidden speedily. In most cases it goes away freely when ..."

8. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1897)
"Erect mountain clematis. (Fig. 1589.) Clematis ovata Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 736. 1814. Similar to the preceding species, stems stiff, 1°-2° tall, ..."

9. Southern Wild Flowers and Trees: Together with Shrubs, Vines and Various by Alice Lounsberry (1901)
"C. ovala, mountain clematis, which occurs but locally through the Blue Ridge mountains and on Kate's Mountain, ..."

10. The Ideal Garden by Harry Higgott Thomas (1914)
"... have recollections of the exquisite white trails of the mountain Clematis, or hazy memories of large rich-blossomed kinds that we have seen in gardens. ..."

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