[Clematis and Virginsbowers: The Genus Clematis East of the Cascade Mountains of Oregon and Washington]

Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower

Clematis columbiana var. dissecta

Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta

Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta)

Rock clematis as seen along Forest Road #3507, Wenatchee National Forest..........July 8, 2010.

Flower of Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta) - Flower of Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta) - Nodding flower of Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta)

Lobed leaf of Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta) - Lobed leaves of Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta)

Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta) - Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta) - Columbia Clematis, Rock Clematis, Western Blue Virginsbower: Clematis columbiana var. dissecta (Synonym: Clematis occidentalis var. dissecta)

Additional close-up photos of rock clematis as seen along Forest Road #3507, Wenatchee National Forest..........July 8, 2010. Note the lobed leaves which helps differentiate this taxa from the similar western clematis (Clematis columbiana var. columbiana).
Paul Slichter