Book  (2006)  Page(s) 8.  Includes photo(s).
 
Clematis foetida Raoul.
Common name: Yellow clematis
Distinguishing features: Clematis foetida is distinguished by the large volume of strongly scented, star-shaped, yellow flowers 1.5–2.5 cm across. It is a large climbing vine with 3-foliate leaves. The dark-green leathery leaflets sit at the end of long, hairy petioles. The leaflets are highly variable in shape and may be either smooth or hairy. It is evergreen.
Habitat requirements: It can be found in shrub/scrubland or along forest edges where it grows well up into the trees and can get up to 10 m tall, nearly as large as Clematis vitalba or C. paniculata.
Flowers: September–November.
Fruit: November–January
Regional status: Not threatened

Book  (Oct 2001)  Page(s) 191.