| Scientific Name: | Clematis tangutica |
| Common Name: | Tangutica clematis, golden clematis |
| Family Name: | Ranunculaceae |
| Origin: | Central / west Asia |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Invasive plant, Vine - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Pendulous, Spreading, Twiggy |
| Form: | Climbing, Irregular |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Arbors or trellis, Dried flower or fruit, Fall interest, Ground cover, Perennial border, Screening, Small garden/space, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Humus rich, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Compound, Opposite, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Odd-pinnate, Bipinnate, Lanceolate, Oblong, Dentate |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, Yellow, Jul-Aug-Sep |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Achene, Silver, Sep-Oct-Nov, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves are 3-lobed mid green, almost compound with irregularly serrate margins, petiole tendrils; flower pendulous with four petal-like sepals, cupped, yellow, June-July; fruit is a white, wispy ball of feather achenes. Winter ID: ridged twigs, tendrils, some petioles stay attached; buds opposite, scales pointy, ovoid 2-7mm long; persistent fruit. | |