Woody climber. Leaves of 3 leaflets with large teeth, more or less ovate, 3-lobed at the tip. Flowers white or pink, in the axils of the previous year's growth at same time as leaves appear, almond scented; spring to summer. Perianth segments 4-5 hairy on the veins on the outer face. Feathery persistent styles about1-1.5cm long.
Himalaya, W China
C. spooneri Rehder & E.H. Wilson which is hairy on all parts is occasionally grown and is sometimes treated as a synonym of C. montana var. sericea Franch.
f. grandiflora (Hook.) Rehder has flowers large, white, prolific. Chinese naturally-occurring form.
var. rubens Kunze from China has purplish young leaves and pinkish red flowers.
Source: (1997). Clematis. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
Flowers large, pink, almost white in the shade, stamens yellow, smelling of vanilla.
Flowers pinkish with crimson recurved edges.
Flowers semi-double, pale pinkish orange, stamens orange.
Tetraploid cultivar with red stems and bronze leaves. Flowers large, pinkish mauve.
