Western Clematis
Clematis ligusticifolia
Buttercup family (Ranunculaceae)
Often forms dense mats draped over shrubs, small trees, and even houses. Seed plumes from this and other clematis make a good fire starter. Lore has it that crushed roots of the plant placed in the nostrils of tired horses revived them.
stamen -- the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower; The stamen consists of an anther supported by a filament.
A leaf is compound when multiple leaflets are on the same stem.
A perennial plant lives and blooms for many years.
achene -- a type of simple dry fruit produced by many species of flowering plants. For example, a rose hip holds a few achenes.
In an opposite leaf arrangement the leaves come in pairs with one leaf on each side of a stem.
Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom.
Like the teeth on a saw, leaves and other surfaces can have toothed edges.
pinnate -- A compound leaf with two rows of leaflets.
leaflets -- Each little leaf-like thing in a compound leaf is a leaflet.
lanceolate -- Lance-shaped. Long, wider in the middle.