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Clematis songorica var. aspleniifolia (Schrenk) Trautvetter, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou. 33(1): 56. 1860.
蕨叶铁线莲 jue ye tie xian lian
Clematis aspleniifolia Schrenk in Fischer & C. A. Meyer, Enum. Pl. Nov. 2: 68. 1842; C. aspleniifolia var. boissieriana (Korshinsky) Krasch; C. boissieriana Korshinsky; C. songorica var. intermedia Trautvetter.
Lower leaves undivided, upper ones pinnatisect. Sepals adaxially glabrous. Anthers 3--4 mm.
Grassy areas, gravelly banks, along streams; 500--2500 m. W Xinjiang [Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan].

Book  (1842)  Page(s) Vol. 2, p. 68-69.  
 
Clematis asplenifolia Schrenk.
C. (Flammulae § 1) suffruticosa, glabra; caule erecto apice paniculato ; foliis petiolatis triplinerviis circumscriptione oblongo-lanceolatis lanceolatisve acuminatis, inferioribus serratis indivisis v. basi incisis, superioribus pinnatipartitis: segmentis sessilibus obovato-oblongis obtusis inciso-serratis terminali elongato serrato; floribus paniculatis; sepalis 4 oblongis acutis.
Proxima C. Geblerianae Bong., sed foliis sepalisque recedit.
Radix lignosa, multicaulis. Caules erecti , angulato-sulcati, bipedales . crassitie pennae corvinae vel paulo crassiores, subsimplices et una cum fuliis glabri vel obsolete lanuginosi. Folia opposita, basi in petiolum semipollicarem attenuata, circumscriptione oblongo-lanceolata vel lanceolata, 3 poll. circ. longa, lin. 5 vel 6 lata, serrata, serraturis patentibus mucronatis; inferiora indivisa vel basi incisa; superiora ad costam usque pinnatiparlita : segmentis utrinque 5 — 8, opposilis vel sparsis. sessilibus, obovato-oblongis, basi angustatis, apice obtusis et quasi truncatis, 4—6 lin. longis, 2 v. 3 lin. latis. inciso-serratis : serratura termiuali inflexa ; lacinia terminali plerumque elongata, lanceolata, serrata , basi incisa , apice mucronalo-acuminata. Inflorescentia paniculata. Flores illis C. glaucae similes , albidi. Sepala 4 , oblonga, acuta , dorso dense pubescentia. Filamenta linearia, anthera lincari-tetragona aequilonga et aequilata. Styli villosissimi. Fructus maturi ignoti.
Decerpta prope Dschanaschkuli; d. 7 Julii m. florere incipit; C. Gebleriana autem eodem tempore et in iisdem locis jam fructibus maturis onusta erat.