45. Clematis montana De Candolle RANUNCULACEAE
A widespread and very variable Sino-Himalayan species, this is one of the best-known Himalayan plants in British gardens, occurring in a variety of forms differing in flower size and colour (of which pink is probably the best known). The white form was introduced from the Indian Himalaya in 1831 by Sarah, Countess of Amherst (1762–1838). Her husband was Governor-General of India and she was a keen natural historian and plant collector – she also gave her name to a spectacular pheasant. The large-flowered form, var. grandiflora, was first found in Nepal by Francis Buchanan.
Hand coloured lithograph of Clematis montana from Wallich’s Plantae Asiaticae Rariores t. 217
RBGE Living Collections Accession Factsheet
Accession Number:19920129
Scientific Name:Clematis montana Buch.-Ham. ex DC.
Family:Ranunculaceae
Genus:Clematis
Epithet:montana
Collector:Edinburgh Makalu Expedition (1991)
Year:1991
Origin:Nepal:Barun Khola, Pematang Kharka
Elevation:3,500m
Plant:19920129C
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19920129E
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/F18/V010
Plant:19920129F
Location:/Living Collections/Inverleith/F18/U030
Plant:19920129B
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19920129D
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
Plant:19920129A
Location:/Living Collections/Unplaced
