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Plant on the Kettle Valley Railway trail

PostDateIcon Wed, 2009/06/10 - 4:30pm | PostAuthorIcon Visitor

Posted by Ian Cumming, Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 11:25 AM
Blue Clematis_Photo by Ian Cumming

Hi Kelly,
What do you think this plant is?  It is growing by the side of the KVR trail in Myra Canyon at 1270m elevation.  It has a growth habit like a clematis, with several branches emerging from every node along a runner.  The petals fold up in the afternoon heat.

Maybe it is a clematis and has been planted by people along the trail.

Cheers, Ian

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Kelly, Thanks for your reply..

Submitted by Kelly_Sekhon (not verified) on Wed, 2009/06/10 - 6:52pm.

  Hi Kelly, Thanks for your reply. I got an email from Terry MacIntosh, who said "Clematis occidentalis, one of my favorite interior plants! Native...spotty distribution but fairly common where you saw it." I think Clematis columbiana is the same plant. Cheers, Ian  

Blue Clematis

Submitted by Kelly_Sekhon (not verified) on Wed, 2009/06/10 - 4:33pm.

Hi Ian, I think it is Clematis columbiana, Blue Clematis, that grows in BC's  southern interior and is a native species. Kelly

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